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Re:Dietary guidelines may soon warn against ultraprocessed f... by proc0 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:59PM (#38199027)
But nobody uses industrial chemicals and processes at home. That said, I would consider refined sugar as ultraprocessed, and homemade jam includes a lot of it.
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Re:Dietary guidelines may soon warn against ultraprocessed f... by abdullahkhalids on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:10PM (#38199134)
Refined sugar is Group 2: Processed culinary ingredients [1], not group 4: ultraprocessed. It's preparation does not include any of the steps specified in my quote above.

[1] https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/8850256100106/mitrph...

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Re:Dietary guidelines may soon warn against ultraprocessed f... by proc0 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:21PM (#38200249)
Sure, but the natural next step after ultraprocessed is highly refined products like sugar and flour, which I know is so much of people's current diet but that's why everyone has health problems.
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Re:Dietary guidelines may soon warn against ultraprocessed f... by marcus0x62 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:04PM (#38200107)
NOVA considers most homemade jams ultra-processed not because of sugar, which is widely understood and proven to be unhealthy, but because of the use of fruit pectin as a gelling agent.

The irony here is that the more processed pectins can be used to reduce the amount of sugar in homemade jams (while still maintaining a jam-like consistency.)

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