Engineered to eat: A chat about ultra processed food 

We know food processing can be beneficial for safety, nutrition, and convenience, but can it go too far? In this episode, Mikala and Nicole explore food processing in detail and how different foods are categorised. They discuss how industrial methods used to make ultra processed foods can contribute to poor health and highlight the importance of understanding how to read food labels.

Topics covered in today’s episode:

•        What is food processing, and how are foods categorised?
•         Easy ways to recognise an ultra processed food.
•         The emerging concerns around regular consumption of ultra processed foods.
•         Ways to limit consumption of ultra processed foods in the home.

Episode links:

•         Nova classification system
•         Label reading episode
• Transcript

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