Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '...
by judge2020 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:26PM
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Indeed, there's a definition but this just adds the the starting comment's point that "ultra-processed" barely means anything in relation to how healthy something is to eat (and at what quantities).
Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '...
by legerdemain on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:22PM
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Wouldn't most supermarket bread flour by itself meet the definition of ultra-processed, because it is bleached and enriched with micronutrients in a way that almost no consumer can do in the kitchen?
Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '...
by CarelessExpert on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:37PM
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> because it is bleached and enriched with micronutrients in a way that almost no consumer can do in the kitchen?
What gave you that idea?
Bleached flour and various additives (such as ascorbic acid) are routinely used in home kitchens:
https://thebreadguide.com/using-ascorbic-acid-when-baking/
What, exactly, do you think goes into making a loaf of mass-produced bread?
Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '...
by legerdemain on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:12PM
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The bleaching is what makes the flour, and by extension the bread made from it, ultra-processed, even if the bread is baked in a home setting. You misread.
Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '...
by CarelessExpert on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:58PM
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Yes, I 100% did misread! My bad!
Even traditional bread is certainly highly processed, undergoing mechanical (milling), biochemical (fermentation), and thermal (baking) processing. It doesn't quite meet the definition of ultra-processed though as all these technologies are readily available to unsophisticated producers.
I think ultra-processed is some sort of proxy for hyperpalatable here.