People buy ultra-processed foods because they can’t afford anything else, writes Laurence N Mann; plus letters from Helen Grist and Niklas Grundstrom
I read Rachel Dixon’s piece (‘Avoid ingredients you don’t know’: 25 of the healthiest processed foods you can buy in the UK, 31 July) with wry amusement, segueing seamlessly into irritation.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are damaging health on a massive scale. Cheap, carb and sugar-laden, over-packaged foodstuffs are targeted at the poorest sections of society. They cannot afford £4.50 on a fancy niçoise salad or a litre of flavoured water in snazzy cans.
Continue reading… People buy ultra-processed foods because they can’t afford anything else, writes Laurence N Mann; plus letters from Helen Grist and Niklas GrundstromI read Rachel Dixon’s piece (‘Avoid ingredients you don’t know’: 25 of the healthiest processed foods you can buy in the UK, 31 July) with wry amusement, segueing seamlessly into irritation.Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are damaging health on a massive scale. Cheap, carb and sugar-laden, over-packaged foodstuffs are targeted at the poorest sections of society. They cannot afford £4.50 on a fancy niçoise salad or a litre of flavoured water in snazzy cans. Continue reading… Ultra-processed foods, Food poverty, Food, Life and style, Society, Health, Supermarkets, Poverty, Obesity, UK news
