Guess which country has the most ultra processed food as a share of household purchases?

Witzend.

The point is, I've no idea what the chemicals are, because I'm not the slightest bit interested.

That loaf, on the other hand, looks tasty! It's very shapely as well.
The only 2 loaves I've made were lumpy.

The bread looks lovely, very professional, petal53

The point is, I've no idea what the chemicals are, because I'm not the slightest bit interested.
I'm sure you've consumed some today, more than once.

It just goes to show how lists of ingredients could be worrying.

No doubt I have, and might have some more before bed.

I shall partake shortly.

Allira
Thanks for your lists at 16.54 today.
The practice nurse talking about health, also told us that packaged fruit juice ( like Tropicana) and all the milks that don’t come from animals are also UPF.
I didn’t argue with her, but I’d advise her she’d get crushed on GN.

Mollygo

Allira
Thanks for your lists at 16.54 today.
The practice nurse talking about health, also told us that packaged fruit juice ( like Tropicana) and all the milks that don’t come from animals are also UPF.
I didn’t argue with her, but I’d advise her she’d get crushed on GN.

Not to do with food but the practice nurse prescribed bicarbonate of soda drops for my blocked ear. When I mentioned we used to use olive oil for blocked ears she said "No! Not any more, it makes it worse".
The drops she prescribed didn't work. DH had the same problem a week later, saw a young locum GP who prescribed - olive oil drops.

Sorry, that sounds quite boring and long-winded but just to prove the point that they're not all singing from the same hymn sheet.

Thank you Allira and MissA for admiring the bread. I can’t take any credit because as I said, my son made it.
It is very tasty though, I can vouch for that.

It looks better than any I've seen in any supermarket although there is an artisan baker's I must try to get to in the next town whose bread is apparently very good.

US is 60%

Gransnet is 5%.

Where is this info actually from originally - and what was the methodology?

Can someone please tell me?

NotSpaghetti

Where is this info actually from originally - and what was the methodology?

Can someone please tell me?

Here is one reference, pretty heavyweight pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8398521/.

It was reported today that there is a link between consumption of UPFs and the rising incidence of bowel cancer among people under 50. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10285062/

Thanks M0nica I had a quick look on Google Scholar but only looked at papers since 2023.
I'd assumed it was new data.

Will read it later.
Thank you