UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers ...

Researchers say Big Food borrowed the tobacco playbook—now regulators are being urged to respond.

In December, researchers from France published their findings in the medical journal The Lancet Regional Health after ...

Although it’s widely acknowledged among FMCGs that consumer education is the answer – the thinking is fear would subside if their benefits were better understood – so far they’ve been all talk and no ...

In November 2025, a group of the world’s leading experts on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) came together to review the latest evidence for the overall impact of these foods on our health for leading ...

Americans Are Starting To Turn Away From Ultra-Processed Foods Between 2013–2014 and August 2021–August 2023, the consumption of mean calories from ultra-processed foods among adults decreased. It's a ...

According to a top nutritionist, not all ultra-processed foods are created equal, and some are demonised despite being a ...

So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, sweet fruit, dopamine floods your brain, pleasure as a form of instruction ...

If you worry your product might be considered a UPF, use this risk mitigation checklist to prepare for whatever repercussions – regulatory, legal and otherwise – the future ...

Awareness of ultra-processed foods is growing, but new research from the International Food Information Council finds consumers lack shared definitions — creating confusion and opportunity for food ...