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The US federal loophole that allows food companies to decide what's safe for you to eat
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this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024
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I'm curious what definition they were using for what constitutes 'ultra-processed'. I've been having a really hard time narrowing down what an ultra processed food actually is, but this isn't to take away from the study. Some researchers class them as anything with a 'non-EU GRAS' in it, some define it by number of listed ingredients or processing steps, some of them use a definition so strict that even butter or pasteurized milk counts. I think its really important that were finally seeing what the health effects of our hyperprocessed diets are having on us, but I just wish that there was a broadly accepted definition so I didn't have to look up the source study every single time to find out what they're talking about.
The article references another article referencing this paper that gives the following definition with reference to this paper:
It seems like the last referenced paper is the deep dive: Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them.
TL;DR: It's based on the NOVA classification system.
(PS The "news" in USA is almost entirely propaganda and other capitalist trash. It's no surprise when their "science" coverage is terrible. Most of the time it's not even science.)
I wish every article that talks about "ultra-processed" foods would just link to the NOVA system or some other reference. Otherwise it just makes their statements seem so empty.