How do young adults identify what what ultra-processed foods are in America, or across the world? Research looks at how we see healthy ...

Consumers aren’t abandoning processed foods – they’re reevaluating how they fit into meals, creating new opportunities for brands to reposition products alongside more nutritious choices.

KANSAS CITY — The pending definition of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be one of the most consequential regulatory developments the food and beverage industry has faced since the passage of the Food ...

Despite its widespread use, "ultra-processed" food does not have a universal definition. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’d like to define it by April. So far, ...

CHICAGO — With ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in the spotlight, it may be an important time to revisit how such foods are classified. Speakers at a Feb. 19 webinar hosted by the Institute of Food ...

Earlier this year, President Trump formed the Make America Healthy Again Commission. The Commission included representatives from more than a dozen government agencies. The Commission was tasked with ...

If you’ve not heard of ultra-processed food (UPF), it’s time to crawl out from under that rock. But if you’ve heard of UPF and still aren’t sure which foods count, you’re not alone. Despite all the ...

“Although the law applies only to K-12 school settings, its effects have the potential to ripple beyond school meals,” Hogan Lovells attorneys said in a recent client alert. California’s new law ...

Do ultra-processed foods lead to poor health outcomes by definition? A ‘hyper-literal’ focus on definitions is not the point, suggest Henry Dimbleby and Chris van Tulleken: ‘ultra-processed food’ as a ...

UPFs dominate health debates, yet researchers still disagree on what the term means and how useful it really is.