Walk into any grocery store and you'll see it: aisles filled with brightly colored packages containing ready-to-eat meals, ...

Key Takeaways Each additional daily serving of ultra-processed foods is linked to a 5% higher risk of atherosclerotic ...

Ultra-processed foods and research into their health effects has gained attention in recent years. Yet despite growing interest, confusion—and even controversy—remains about how these foods fit into a ...

Researchers say the findings build on earlier evidence linking these foods to high blood pressure, cholesterol, and insulin ...

CHICAGO — No one really knows what “ultra-processed food” means, but several schools of thought among consumers warrant the attention of grain and baked foods companies, food and consumer strategist ...

Generally, people eat too many ultra-processed foods—they make up almost 60 percent of the calories eaten in the U.S., according to a study published in BMJ Open. These foods lack vital nutrients and ...

A new study analyzed data from 1,400 older adults in Amsterdam, tracking their diet habits and cognitive test scores over a decade. The results suggest that eating ultra-processed food wasn’t linked ...

If you’ve been following recent food-industry news, you might have noticed an interesting shift in how processed foods are being discussed. This month, San Francisco initiated legal action targeting ...

Regulators are moving toward policies targeting ultra-processed foods, but a fundamental issue remains unresolved: what exactly qualifies as one? Like Justice Potter Stewart’s famous struggle to ...