From frozen pizza to lactose-free milk, food processing takes many forms. Here’s how to tell when it’s helping or hurting us. By Katie Navarra Bradley Published ...

Americans increasingly factor processing into food choices, but inconsistent definitions and tradeoffs around convenience and cost leave room for clearer communication, according to new IFIC research ...

Not all ultra-processed foods are created equal, writes specialist dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, and there are some that ...

Experts dug into decades of research to show how ultra-processed foods are designed for maximum reward, rapid absorption, and habitual overuse — paralleling tobacco industry tactics. Researchers from ...

Ultra-processed foods often get labeled as automatic health villains, but nutrition is rarely that simple. Processing exists ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

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 ...

Political and regulatory efforts to define ultra-processed foods and discourage their consumption could have unintended consequences when paired with funding cuts for public health programs, which ...

A recent study suggests that eating ultra-processed foods does not lead to faster cognitive decline in older adults over a ...