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Down To Earth
|December 01, 2025
OVER THE past 50 years, ultra-processed food (UPF) corporations have shaped global food and health through either industry-sponsored research, embedding themselves as "stakeholders" in policy making, or through various other initiatives, says a threepart Lancet series published on November 19.
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UPFS are branded products, such as chips, biscuits, and carbonated drinks, made from cheap food derived substances and additives, designed and marketed to displace real food and freshly prepared meals and maximise industry profits. Overconsumption of these foods caus
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