Examples of more and less processed foods (IMAGE)

American Society for Nutrition

Examples of more and less processed foods

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Examples of a more-processed (left) and less-processed (right) breakfast. None of the ingredients used to make the less-processed meal are considered ultra-processed (both the bread and jam are homemade), while almost all of the components of the more-processed meal are considered ultra-processed.

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Courtesy of USDA-ARS

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