That’s bread or really any seed derived foods.
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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoThe article references another article that references this paper that gives the following definition with reference to this paper for this definition:
Ultra-processed foods are ready-to-eat/heat industrial formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods, including flavors, colors, texturizers, and other additives, with little if any intact whole food.1
Zexks@lemmy.world 1 week ago
UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep, bread isn’t necessarily in the ultra-processed category but most of the common brands are.
Doesn’t mean you have to stop eating bread. Reading those NOVA guidelines and comparing the foods you eat will give you a lot to think about though.
return2ozma@lemmy.world 1 week ago
How Ultra-Processed Bread Took Over America
booly@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The NOVA system is bad science, in my opinion.
When asked to classify centuries-old staples like cheese or jam or bread or pickles, the experts struggle to find a consensus on which category any given food is. And so the classification system itself is so imprecisely defined that studies based on the system will rest on a shaky foundation.
It’s better to identify what specific foods and what specific cooking techniques are bad and how they might be bad, rather than trying to say that the act of chopping, blending, mixing, cooking, or fermentation automatically makes a food less healthy.
If certain additives are bad, say that those are bad. Don’t try to lump in the other processing techniques into one basket.
Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Great link, thanks.
UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.