The evidence against “ultra-processed” foods is weaker than you think ^28.3%

Vox - By Marina Bolotnikova - 7/4/2026, 11:15 AM

Appeal to Authority 22.2% - Negativity Bias 19.5% - Hasty Generalization 11.5%

In little more than a decade, the term “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs) has risen from an obscure academic coinage to one of the most potent ideas in the American food imagination. It has saturated media coverage of diet and disease, spawned a profusion of guides teaching shoppers how to spot UPFs at the supermarket, and animated Robert F.... more