‘Avoid ingredients you don’t know’: 25 of the healthiest processed foods you can buy in the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/31/avoid-ingredients-you-dont-know-25-of-the-healthiest-ultra-processed-foods-you-can-buy
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With the Guardian claiming we want a tax on Ultra Processed Food here is their ‘helpful’ guide on how best to avoid it.
> Avoid ingredients you don’t know
I don’t know what kale is.
It seemed to pop out of nowhere 10 years ago.
Never heard of it before, then it’s everywhere,
I don’t trust it.
This would be quite a change to my lifestyle!*
*I would be broke
It can’t be good if the only thing I can afford on their list is Shredded Wheat. Besides, I already eat that.
Considering the number of people who can easily be persuaded to think dihydrogenmonoxide is a dangerous solvent and greenhouse gas that should be banned, I’m not sure that putting the judgment on what the healthiest ingredients in food are, on to the general public is the right strategy.
So to be healthy you have to be middle class? Who’d have thunk it?
There is no such thing as an “ultra processed food”. It’s just a nonsense concept. Why is bread or cheese not ultra processed? What’s the difference between schnitzel and a chicken nugget? It’s just vibes.
“This Waitrose sourdough contains a mix of white, wholemeal, and medium and dark rye flours, and is made properly with a sourdough starter” apparently a loaf of bread with three different grain in it is LESS processed than one with only one type. Nonsense, and probably a bit classist if we really dig into it
And the whole idea you shouldn’t eat something because you don’t know what it is – most people don’t know what most things are in Latin, E numbers are just shorthand. Even normal stuff – how many people actually know what vinegar is? Or what is in mayonnaise?
It’s just an updated version of “Frankenfoods”
This reads more like an advert for Waitrose than anything else.
This is just a waitrose advert dressed up as an article.
I’m a scientist with access to Google so I guess that means I can just eat anything? Except quinoa, fuck knows what that is
🤔 I’ll just stick to steak and eggs, or chicken and brocoli.
I have actually read this article and it is a total pile of shit.
They should be ashamed of it and I am normally a supporter of their journalism.
It is just a list of crappy and/or expensive food with links to where you can buy it for more than your local Lidl.
They have also managed to time travel into the future as they state:
“This article’s headline was amended on 31 August 2024 to clarify that the 25 selected foods are generally processed, but are not “ultra-processed foods” specifically.”
Where I currently reside it is still 11 August 2024.
General rule… if its in the list of ingrediants and you would not normally have it in the kitchen or buy it from a shop in it’s raw format…. its ultra processed and try avoid it. It’s bloody hard though AND expensive to eat good food for the majority.
i suspect this was sponsored marketing campaign, cause damn it’s condescending a
Your ignorance of chemistry does not make an ingredient unsafe!
‘Experts say we should eat at least 30 different plants a week’
Fucking lol. What experts and with what evidence?
Is the article sponsored by Waitrose/ocado by any chance? 😂
It’s just common sense really, isn’t it? Weetabix are ultra-processed, but it far from bad for you. There’s a literal tuna salad on this list of “ultra-processed foods”. It’s a blanket term, and that renders it pretty useless.
Christ this is so painfully Graun territory, it hurts
It’s quite simple, the less unnatural ingredients the better. E numbers and chemical preservatives cooked up in a lab have never been fed to humans en masse and therefore we shouldn’t trust them.
The act of processing for human consumption isn’t necessarily a bad thing, nor is it a novel thing. Smoking meats is a ‘process’ and we’ve been doing that for thousands of years. However sticking ‘approved’ chemicals in bread to make it last two weeks isn’t right either.
Unfortunately most people don’t have the time of day/mental capacity to be making the right food decisions, and I think that’s down to the government to highlight. But they would rather have people being fat slobs with chronic health conditions so they won’t do that.
this article seems like one big sponsor deal
on another note, a lot of foods are processed, and for the most part, have to be processed, which could include canning, freezing, cooking or drying something. it’s the additives and preservatives people should be looking at.