Ultra processed it when it’s broken down and reassembled, often adding nutrients, preservatives and other additives.
Oat milk is a good example.
Cheese blocks and bottled wine are not ultra processed but American “cheese” is definitely ultra processed.
This is not the gotcha, no one really knows, shrug that people pretend it is. There is no gray area.
Given two similar products such as cheese, one can be ultra processed while the other is not. There is no cheese that is sort of maybe kind of ultra processed. There is a clear line that is crossed.
Pretending otherwise it only yo the benefit of the food industry who prefers we pretend it’s a fuzzy concept because it would affect their profits.
How is cheese not ultraprocessed?
It’s acid & rennet or bacteria transforming milk significantly.
The Harvard article someone else linked to define ultraprocessed lists examples hotdogs, cold cuts, cakes.
Anyone can bake a cake from scratch.
Anyone with a meat grinder can make sausages & mortadella traditionally.
Without industry or a meat grinder, anyone can make hams or cured meats.
Is the hot sauce I make by passing peppers & garlic through a blender, then adding some salt, oil, vinegar processed?
Industry isn’t necessary, only kitchen ability.
You’re making this about industry when the concept on examination is suspect.
Ultra processed it when it’s broken down and reassembled, often adding nutrients, preservatives and other additives.
Oat milk is a good example.
Cheese blocks and bottled wine are not ultra processed but American “cheese” is definitely ultra processed.
This is not the gotcha, no one really knows, shrug that people pretend it is. There is no gray area.
Given two similar products such as cheese, one can be ultra processed while the other is not. There is no cheese that is sort of maybe kind of ultra processed. There is a clear line that is crossed.
Pretending otherwise it only yo the benefit of the food industry who prefers we pretend it’s a fuzzy concept because it would affect their profits.
Seems the pretense is clarity: even researchers criticize it.
How is cheese not ultraprocessed? It’s acid & rennet or bacteria transforming milk significantly.
The Harvard article someone else linked to define ultraprocessed lists examples hotdogs, cold cuts, cakes.
Anyone can bake a cake from scratch. Anyone with a meat grinder can make sausages & mortadella traditionally. Without industry or a meat grinder, anyone can make hams or cured meats.
Is the hot sauce I make by passing peppers & garlic through a blender, then adding some salt, oil, vinegar processed?
Industry isn’t necessary, only kitchen ability. You’re making this about industry when the concept on examination is suspect.