What are ultra -processed foods?
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AF Sherry Coleman Collins, MS, RDN, LD
If you are aware of headers for health and nutrition, you have recently heard a lot about ultra-processed foods.
At the moment, the FDA has no formal definition of ultra-processed food., Professor of Nutrition and Public Health at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. (Morea, 2021) His definition has changed several times several times that was introduced in the early years of 2010.
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods (products, eggs, meat, milk, nuts, etc.)
- Processed culinary ingredients (fat, herbs, salt and sugar)
- Processed foods (foods that are combinations of groups 1 and 2 and that consist of few ingredients)
- Ultra-processed food and beverages (foods that may not include unprocessed foods are composed of many ingredients, including food additives and ingredientsusually not usedIn a home kitchen)
Ultra-processed foods are sometimes a lot of sugar, fat and salt.Food."These are foods that contain a long list of ingredients in a box or package and consists of ingredients that the Thuischef may not recognize..
However, ultra-processed foods in the Nova definition are a wide and inclusive category of many different types of foods.Or should be bound outside. Food such as prepared and tribute can be stable soup with low sodium, breakfast products, conventional peanut butter and ready to heat and serve frozen meals, are all safe and nutritious options and helping to save time.Health benefits.
As an example, conventional peanut butter sometimes contains a small amount of sugar, salt and hydrogenated oils.Butter, contains no trans fat, it may no longer be added to food.
In general, health care professionals and experts agree that the majority of what we eat must consist of all or minimally processed ingredients such as those who mainly fall in the first three groups of the NOvA classification.These foods offer important vitamins, minerals, fibers, fibers and other affordable components.But foods that may be more processed and even contain ingredients that we do not use in a home kitchen can also be ways in which we eat important nutrients and at the same time help improve food security, stability and convenience.
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