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Ultra-processed foods

July 2024

  • Takeru Kobayashi after winning the Nathan’s hotdog contest in 2006

    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?
  • A child points to a row of cartoon-emblazoned macaroni and cheese containers.

    Our unequal earth
    Why is it so hard to get ultra-processed foods out of our diets? A lack of time

    Lindsey Smith Taillie
    Better food labels are a necessary but insufficient step to improve diets and health
  • The findings emerged from an analysis of food diaries kept from 2008 to 2019 by nearly 3,000 participants aged 11 to 18.

    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

June 2024

  • Selection of chocolate bars including Aero, Toffee Crisp and Yorkie, along with Jammie Dodgers, Hula Hoops and fizzy drinks including Fanta, Relentless and Coca Cola

    Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist

  • Hula Hoop crisps on a child's hand.

    Children in Britain being stunted by poor diet is shameful

  • Young woman with fingernails painted purple smoking outdoors with sun on her face: a close-up showing her holding a cigarette in her mouth

    Tobacco, alcohol, processed foods and fossil fuels ‘kill 2.7m a year in Europe’

  • A selection of ultra-processed foods – fries, pizza, hot dogs, burgers

    The man who warned us about UPFs: Michael Pollan on his 25-year fight with the food industry

May 2024

  • A selection of junk foods

    Our unequal earth
    I went a week without ultra-processed foods. Here’s what I learned

  • A diabetes nurse shows a patient medical equipment to check blood at home

    Sharp rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40 in UK

  • Piles of red paper bags with black hexagons on them.

    Our unequal earth
    Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow?

  • Four grocery-store shelves filled with brightly colored bags of Doritos, mostly in shades of orange.

    Our unequal earth
    The US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end?

  • Our unequal earth
    What are those weird ingredients in our favorite US packaged foods?

  • Our unequal earth
    Ultra-processed US foods are ultra-bad for you. Here’s what to know

  • Lunch with...
    Academic and doctor Chris van Tulleken: ‘Ultra-processed products are food that lies to us’

  • ‘Unethical’ junk food packaging manipulates children into craving sweets, report claims

March 2024

  • Two people tearing a loaf of bread apart

    Britain’s bitter bread battle: what a £5 sourdough loaf tells us about health, wealth and class

  • Giles Yeo

    Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others

    Giles Yeo

February 2024

  • Woman putting ready meal into a microwave

    Ultra-processed food linked to 32 harmful effects to health, review finds

  • Martha Gill

    Like cigarettes, junk food should come with a warning: ‘Can kill’

    Martha Gill

January 2024

  • Amelia Tait

    Beware the mix of food and fear – the truth about ultra-processed foods is still emerging

    Amelia Tait
    Early research on UPFs is welcome – but if people are missing out on nutrients in a quest to avoid them, is it really helping, asks journalist Amelia Tait
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