TheInternational Journal of Food Sciences and Nutritionpreviously explored the topic with relevant articles on specific aspects concerning the relation between highly processed foods and human health. Higher intake of ultra-processed foods has been inherently related not only to obesity but also with meta...
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and food additives have become ubiquitous components of the modern human diet. There is increasing evidence of an association between diets rich in UPFs and gut disease, including inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer and irritable bowel syndrome. Food additives are...
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially formulated products that contain synthetic ingredients but minimal whole-food components. Diets high in UPFs are associated with increased risk of immune dysregulation-linked diseases such as inflammatory bow
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Ultraprocessed foods include ready-to-eat meals, snacks, and sugary drinks that contain a long list of ingredients and additives designed to make the food
In recent years, ultra-processed food (UPFs) consumption has surged globally, raising concerns about its impact on health. Ultra-processed foods are industrial formulations typically containing ingredients not commonly used in home cooking, such as hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, flavour ...
How bad are processed and ultraprocessed foods? We explain the different types of processed foods and what you should know about them.
The relationship between ultra-processed foods and health isn’t as clear-cut as many make it seem, and in some cases eating such foods might actually be beneficial to health
Processes and ingredients used to manufacture ultra-processed foods are designed to create highly profitable (low-cost ingredients, long shelf-life, emphatic branding), convenient (ready-to-consume), hyper-palatable products liable to displace all other NOVA food groups, notably unprocessed or ...
In the NOVA system, foods are assigned to one of four groups: (i) NOVA1 contains “unprocessed or minimally processed foods,” namely the edible parts of plants or animals that have been taken straight from nature or that have been minimally modified/preserved; (ii) NOVA2 contains “...