Ultra-processed foods are often defined, in part, by the presence of cosmetic additives. Yet, according to a new comment from ...

In November 2025, a group of the world’s leading experts on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) came together to review the latest ...

Avoiding ultra-processed foods can cut daily calorie intake by 330 calories, even while eating more by weight. A new study ...

Americans Are Starting To Turn Away From Ultra-Processed Foods Between 2013–2014 and August 2021–August 2023, the consumption ...

Older adults can dramatically reduce the amount of ultraprocessed foods they eat while keeping a familiar, balanced diet – ...

New dietary guidelines released by the Trump administration tell Americans to avoid ultra-processed foods but don't have an ...

To gain more knowledge about how ultra-processed food affects us, we need new research methods, claim researchers. Now they ...

Share on Pinterest Healthier ultra-processed foods tend to have more nutrients, while less healthy options are loaded with sugar, unhealthy fats, and salt. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images The ...

Newly released federal dietary guidelines for Americans call for fewer ultra-processed foods, but some public health experts ...

UPFs often contain high levels of saturated fat, salt, sugar and additives, which experts say leaves less room in people’s ...

• This is a best of Lean and Lovin' It column, first published July 10, 2019. Don Mauer is taking some time off. New buzz words you might be familiar with right now: ultra-processed foods. If you ...

They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They were children and young ...