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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by d1sxeyes on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:29PM (#42250803)
From what I understand, technically yes.

I think there’s a lot of work to be done on categorisation but the underlying principle tends to be fairly decent: the more stuff you do to your raw ingredients, the less healthy they become.

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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by marcus0x62 on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @06:55PM (#42251460)
No, homemade bread would be NOVA group. 3. The flour itself is group 2 (processed culinary ingredients.) Mixing the group 2 ingredient (flour) with group 1 ingredients (water, yeast, salt) and baking it makes it group 3 (processed food.)

If you added something like Xanthan Gum to your "homemade bread", that would make it group 4 (ultra processed foods.)

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Re:Nobody knows why ultra-processed foods are bad for you by d1sxeyes on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:13AM (#42253430)
Thanks for the correction!

Homemade bread is a processed food, not an ultra processed food.

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