Ultra-processed foods
Is your cocktail ultra-processed? Nutrition labels won’t tell you
Many ready-to-drink cocktails have as much sugar as Coca-Cola – but a loophole avoids the ‘ultra-processed’ tag
Cecilia Nowell
06, Sep, 2024 @2:00 PM
The experts: dietitians on 20 ways to cut down on UPFs while still eating what you love
Ultra-processed foods are everywhere – but a few small tweaks to your diet can minimise the damage they cause. Here’s how to go about it
Sarah Phillips
05, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM
‘I won’t send off my poo’: Dr Chris van Tulleken on ultra-processed food, his Christmas lectures and gut analysis
Exclusive: Author to explore ‘really fun’ science of food and diet for Royal Institution’s annual broadcast
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
16, Aug, 2024 @3:00 PM
Majority in UK want new tax on makers of ultra-processed and junk food
Exclusive: Poll findings prompt calls for ministers to impose sugar tax-style levy on companies to combat obesity
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
11, Aug, 2024 @1:00 PM
Are ultra-processed foods always harmful? | Letters
Letters: People buy ultra-processed foods because they can’t afford anything else, writes Laurence N Mann; plus letters from Helen Grist and Niklas Grundstrom
04, Aug, 2024 @4:13 PM
The godfather of competitive eating on secrets, success and physical stress: ‘I am always close to danger or death’
Takeru Kobayashi can eat 69 hotdogs, 41 lobster rolls or 159 tacos in 10 minutes – and it has brought him fame and a healthy income. As he returns to the fray after five years, what will he do next?
Chris Godfrey
24, Jul, 2024 @9:00 AM
UK adolescents get two-thirds of daily calories from UPFs, says survey
Concerns over ultra-processed foods and effect on health have led some countries to introduce new labelling
Tanya Procyshyn
17, Jul, 2024 @1:30 AM
Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist
UPFs should also be heavily taxed due to impact on health and mortality, says scientist who coined term
Andrew Gregory Health editor
27, Jun, 2024 @3:01 AM
Children in Britain being stunted by poor diet is shameful | Letters
Letters: Claire Godfrey, Brian Waller and Richard Hoffman write that children are getting shorter and sicker as a result of economic austerity
24, Jun, 2024 @4:54 PM
Tobacco, alcohol, processed foods and fossil fuels ‘kill 2.7m a year in Europe’
World Health Organization report calls on governments to impose tougher regulation of health-harming products
Anna Bawden and Denis Campbell
11, Jun, 2024 @11:01 PM
The man who warned us about UPFs: Michael Pollan on his 25-year fight with the food industry
His Oscar-nominated 2008 documentary Food, Inc exposed the horrors of industrial agriculture in the US. Now, a sequel shows that the corporate behemoths have no intention of loosening their grip
Zoe Williams
06, Jun, 2024 @1:00 PM
I went a week without ultra-processed foods. Here’s what I learned
As I report more, I’ve stopped thinking of UPFs as food at all – and I suspect corporations don’t care how their products affect consumers
Cecilia Nowell in Oakland
22, May, 2024 @12:00 PM
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