Ultra-processed foods as a category includes lots of foods that have both lots of fiber and few/no stability additives.

No report has ever stated that every single ultra-processed food is bad for you.

They are speaking in generalities, about a general category.

But the authors of these studies are trying to ban UPFs in several contexts and enact further policies that highlight them as specifically dangerous. A bunch of fine foods being swept up in this is a concern.

Yall missin the soy lethicin problems endemic to today's society. Emulsifers are literally ruining your life, slowly bite by bite.

How?

I remember seeing something about how carrageenan, a common ice cream thickener and emulsifier can cause cancer and is banned in the EU but not the USA. I was bummed when I checked my favorite brand and it actually had it as an ingredient.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC242073/

Okay but this answers almost nothing, because cancer is not heart disease. Also, 'causing cancer' is a huge scam.

The top of the carcinogen scales is alcohol, tobacco, and red meat. Almost everything else falls into categories that 'might' cause cancer.