Bacon sales are dropping as consumers avoid products cured with nitrites, a controversial additive linked to cancer. So how ...

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

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, ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy number one in nutrition debates. From dementia to obesity and an epidemic of “food addiction”, these factory-made products, including crisps, ...

A group of European scientists has found that ultra-processed foods increase the risk of a range of health conditions, ...

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably been told that cooking your own meals is the way to go. This has been backed up by a recent study, which found that people who ate home-cooked, ...