UPF again

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Dr Chris Van Tulleken, an infectious diseases doctor at University College London, BBC science presenter and bestselling author, has distilled the essence of ultra-processed food into a single sentence: "If it's wrapped in plastic and it contains at least one ingredient that you don't typically find in a domestic kitchen, then it's ultra-processed food."

 

Among the usual suspects of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are:

packaged bread

breakfast cereals and granola

flavoured yoghurt

chocolate, biscuits and crisps

energy and granola bars

fizzy drinks

ready meals

 

And if the ingredients list on your food packaging includes any of the following, it's often a telltale sign that you're dealing with UPF:

emulsifiers

stabilisers

dyes

flavour enhancers

lecithin

xantham or guar gum

Are all processed foods bad?

Certainly not. Humans have been processing food for millennia.

Bread, butter, cheese, and yoghurt are all examples of processed foods. Tinned food is another classic example.

 

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