Why are they called ultra-processed foods? Are they different from the normal processed foods?
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Why are they called ultra-processed foods? Are they different from the normal processed foods?
These are highly processed foods that most likely have many added ingredients such as sugar, salt, fat, and artificial colors or preservatives. Ultra-processed foods are made mostly from substances extracted from foods, such as fats, starches, added sugars, and hydrogenated fats. They may also contain additives like artificial colors and flavors or stabilizers. Examples of these foods are frozen meals, soft drinks, hot dogs and cold cuts, fast food, packaged cookies, cakes, and salty snacks.
Ultra-processed foods usually contain ingredients that you wouldn’t add when cooking homemade food. You may not recognise the names of these ingredients as many will be chemicals, colourings, sweeteners and preservatives. Some are; Industrialized bread, pre-packaged meals, breakfast cereals, sausages and other reconstituted meat products.