10 Ultra-Processed Foods To Avoid At All Costs

Bread

It's everywhere in our diets, but the vast majority of bread on grocery store shelves, and in pre-packed sandwiches

Breakfast cereals

Whole grains lock carbohydrate up with fiber and micronutrients, causing energy to be released slowly as we digest.

Chicken nuggets

This kids' favorite, often advertised a being made exclusively from 100% breast meat, isn't always what it seems. Known

Chips

Deep-fried slices of fresh potato seasoned with a little salt are a processed indulgence, but it's the reconstituted starch

Chocolate biscuits

Chocolate itself is not a UPF, but the type contained in, or topping, your average biscuit almost certainly is, and

Chocolate spread

Beside a high quantity of sugar and other refined ingredients, this toast topper almost always contains palm oil, an ingredient

Confectionery

OK, so no one turns to candy for a healthy hit of nutrition, but all confectionery is not created equal.

Faux meats

As you'll be gathering, it's often when a natural ingredient is being synthesized that foods turn

Flapjack bites

Cheaper biscuits, cakes and pastries can be hiding places for partially hydrogenated fats and oils too.

French fries

"I'd avoid 99% of fast foods," says Lucy. "Many have trans fats: fats or oil that have been synthetically altered.

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