Ultraprocessed Food

Ultra-processed food (UPF) is an industrially formulated edible substance derived from natural food or synthesized from other organic compounds.[1][2] The resulting products are designed to be highly profitable, convenient, and hyperpalatable, often through food additives such as preservatives, colourings, and flavourings.[3] The state of research into ultra-processed foods and their effects is evolving rapidly as of 2024... Carlos Augusto Monteiro cited Michael Pollan as an influence in coining the term 'ultra-processed food' in a 2009 commentary.[13] Monteiro's team developed the Nova classification for grouping unprocessed and processed foods beginning in 2010, whose definition of ultra-processing has become most widely accepted and has gradually become more refined through successive publications.[14] The Nova classification does not comment on the nutritional value of food and can be combined with a labelling system such as Nutri-Score to provide comprehensive guidance on healthy eating... The identification of ultra-processed foods, as well as the category itself, is a subject of debate among nutrition and public health scientists, and other definitions have been proposed. A survey of systems for classifying levels of food processing in 2021 identified four 'defining themes'... Of the various systems they surveyed, the researchers found that only the Nova classification takes all four themes into account. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-processed_food

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See last/bold paragraph of (2024-02-28) Ultraprocessed Food Exposure And Adverse Health Outcomes: Umbrella Review Of Epidemiological Metaanalyses.