Ultraprocessed” has become a bad word in our food supply, but regulators are struggling with how to define the term to help consumers. Here’s why that’s so hard to do.

Your brain is wired to keep you sharp for decades. Yet researchers are finding that certain processed foods might be aging ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Ultra-processed foods have been linked with a variety of health concerns, including a ...

San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against 10 major food and beverage companies, accusing them of selling ultraprocessed foods ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are a leading cause of the "chronic disease pandemic" linked to diet, with food firms putting ...

The law will define UPFs as those containing certain substances, including non-nutritive sweeteners. The law gave examples of ...

We all know that ultraprocessed foods aren’t the healthiest choice, but not all ultraprocessed foods have the same impact on our health. It can depend on how much a food is processed and for what ...

I recently provided a column on the alarming health status of adolescents in the U.S. There is a close association between many of the negative health outcomes associated with the increasing ...

You’re eating a lot more of them than you probably realize. Experts share the seemingly healthy foods that might be getting ...

Take a stroll down the middle aisles of any American grocery store, and you’ll be surrounded by rows of brightly colored packaged macaroni and cheese, instant soups and chips in all forms and flavors ...