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.

PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Non-UPF Program is a pioneering nonprofit dedicated to reducing ultra-processed foods (UPF) in American diets and replacing them with healthier ...

BELLINGHAM, WASH. — The Non-GMO Project has published the first version of its Non-UPF Verified Standard certification, a third-party certification that defines what foods qualify as not ...

Physician and author Michael Greger, MD, of NutritionFacts.org discusses ultra-processed foods and their impact on our health.

Ultra-processed foods dominate the American diet, and research increasingly links them to major health concerns. A Virginia ...

One day recently, my son had two long, back-to-back doctor appointments, which meant he was in the car and in waiting rooms for much of the afternoon. His lunch and snack would not have earned me a ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, California is making headlines for taking a positive step toward healthier school lunches. The state just became the first in ...

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

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

New research lays out just how widespread UPFs have become — and what that shift means for long-term health. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience ...

Highly processed foods may harm nearly every major organ system and are linked to a surge in chronic illnesses, according to a new global review. A series of papers published Tuesday in The Lancet ...