food processing

Two words used to scare people are impossible to avoid: synthetic and its younger cousin, ultra-processed.

Ambiguous definitions and growing public concern fuel the debates over the health risks of ultra-processed foods (UPFs).

Defining Processed & Further Processed

By Benjamin Plackett, Contributor to Inside Science

The overriding goal of federal policies governing the use of chemicals in agriculture and food processing is-and should be-consumer safety. One would hope that food safety regulation would be driven by the best scientific and medical knowledge.