Ultra Processed Food (UPF)
Great article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0009.70066
are engineered to heighten reward and accelerate delivery of reinforcing ingredients, driving compulsive consumption and disrupting appetite regulation. highly engineered delivery systems designed specifically to maximize biological and psychological reinforcement and habitual overuse.
UPFs share key engineering strategies adopted from the tobacco industry, such as dose optimization and hedonic manipulation.
Typically low in fibre (even though this is really easy to add)
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Created: 2026-02-09
Last Updated: 2026-06-15