I don't really eat too much of this junk. It's more simple ingredients. So probably doing not too bad. Don't eat anything with sugar in it. I still can.. but I don't need teeth problems later.

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Here's a starting list with name brands. They don't like saying that. So I had to get the gemini to cough it up and it doesn't like doing that with name brands. You won't see a list with name-brands in the news, probably. They'll just go:

Frozen foods Sodas Hot dogs Deli meat Fast food Packaged cookies Cakes Salty snacks Plant-based milks Jarred sauces

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So I'm like.. well quit fuckin around.. give me a list with what the hell name brands you're talking about. 

Which foods are ultra-processed?

Ultra-processed foods make up 70 percent of our country’s food supply, so there's a lot that falls into this category.

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Basically, most of the "supermarket". You go in there, they're totally trying to "poison" you. lol. How about the stuff by the checkout, eh. That's some of this shit, I bet. Or.. pretty much most things in a 7/11, eh? They don't like things that "go bad" too soon.  You pretty much have to eat things that taste bland and hard to stomach. That's what a lot of this shit does, is it makes it taste better. lol Sodas though, eh.. and then your "diet" type with extra poison in there. 

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Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs): News, Issues, and Full Product List Part 1: UPFs in the News (Late 2025 Context) The recent surge in news coverage of Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) is driven by a landmark three-paper series published in The Lancet medical journal in November 2025. This series, involving 43 global experts, positioned UPFs as a "seismic threat to global health" and demanded mandatory government intervention.

Key News Points: The Lancet Series (Nov 2025): A systematic review of 104 long-term studies found 92 reported an increased risk of chronic disease associated with high UPF consumption. This review specifically named 12 health outcomes with statistically significant associations.

Colorectal Cancer Link: Recent studies, including one in JAMA Oncology, highlight a connection between high UPF intake and a 45% higher risk of pre-cancerous polyps in younger adults, adding to the alarm over rising early-onset cancer rates.

Global Consumption Crisis: News reports consistently cite that UPFs now make up over 50% of the average daily calorie intake in countries like the U.K. and U.S., and consumption is rapidly accelerating in lower- and middle-income countries.

Part 2: The Core Issues and Health Risks The scientific consensus identifies the problem not just in the high levels of fat, sugar, and salt, but in the industrial design and non-culinary ingredients used in UPFs.

Health and Disease Associations (from The Lancet Review): All-Cause Mortality: Increased risk of early death.

Metabolic & Cardiovascular: Obesity, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, and stroke.

Gastrointestinal: Increased risk of certain cancers (colorectal, stomach), pre-cancerous polyps, and inflammatory bowel conditions.

Mental Health: Strong link to increased risk of depression and other mood disorders.

Other Risks: Poor nutrient quality (low fiber/protein), high exposure to industrial contaminants/additives (e.g., emulsifiers, certain dyes, packaging chemicals).

Composition & Systemic Problems: Hyperpalatability Engineering: UPFs are intentionally formulated using specific additives and ratios of fat, sugar, and salt to bypass natural satiety signals, making them "addictive" and driving overconsumption.

Altered Food Structure: The extensive industrial processing (extrusion, moulding) softens the food, allowing it to be eaten more quickly, which prevents the body from registering fullness in time.

Corporate Power & Regulation: The Lancet series highlights that eight major transnational UPF manufacturers (Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Danone, Mondelez, Kraft-Heinz, and FEMSA) control a massive share of the market and use aggressive political tactics, lobbying, and marketing to block, weaken, or delay mandatory government policies like marketing restrictions, warning labels, and taxes.

Part 3: Full List of Ultra-Processed Food Categories and Brand Examples UPFs are defined by the NOVA classification as industrial formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods (oils, sugars, protein isolates) and additives, containing little to no intact whole food.

Category 1: Sweetened Beverages & Drinks

General Examples: Carbonated soft drinks, fruit-flavored juices and beverages (including "ades" and "punches"), energy drinks, sweetened milk drinks, diet/zero-sugar sodas, flavored water.

Name Brands: Coca-Cola (Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid), PepsiCo (Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana Juices, Izze), Red Bull, Monster, Sunkist Sodas, Snapple (many flavors), Nestle (Milo powdered drink mix, some Nesquik variations), Lipton (Bottled Sweet Teas).

Category 2: Packaged Breads, Cakes, and Baked Goods

General Examples: Most mass-produced sliced breads (white, whole-wheat with extensive additives), packaged buns/rolls, commercial muffins, cookies, industrial crackers, toaster pastries, snack cakes, cake/brownie/pancake mixes.

Name Brands: Mondelez (Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, belVita, Wheat Thins, Ritz Crackers), Hostess (Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Donettes), Kellogg's (Pop-Tarts, Keebler Cookies/Crackers), Sara Lee (Mass-produced Bread/Pound Cake), Wonder Bread, Duncan Hines/Betty Crocker (Mixes), Pepperidge Farm (Goldfish, Milano).

Category 3: Breakfast Cereals and Bars

General Examples: Most ready-to-eat cereals (especially sugar-sweetened), instant oatmeal packets (flavored), granola bars, energy/protein bars.

Name Brands: Kellogg's (Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Special K, Rice Krispies), General Mills (Cheerios (many flavors), Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch), Quaker (Instant Oatmeal, Chewy Bars), Mars (Snickers/Mars protein bars), Kind (many sweetened varieties with added protein isolates), Nature Valley (most bars).

Category 4: Sweet and Savory Packaged Snacks

General Examples: Potato/corn/vegetable chips, cheese puffs, packaged popcorn (except plain air-popped), candy, chewing gum, commercial chocolate bars (with emulsifiers/cheap fats).

Name Brands: PepsiCo (Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos), Mondelez (Cadbury Chocolate bars/products outside of core markets), Mars (M&M's, Snickers, Skittles, Wrigley's Gum), Hershey's (most chocolate bars), Pringles (Kraft-Heinz owns some international brands, though Pringles is Kellanova), Utz, Wise.

Category 5: Processed and Reconstituted Meats/Dairy Alternatives

General Examples: Hot dogs, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, sausages, packaged deli/lunch meats (with added nitrites/preservatives), reconstituted meat products, plant-based meat substitutes (e.g., vegan burgers, chicken pieces, most vegan cheese slices).

Name Brands: Kraft-Heinz (Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs/Deli Meats), Hormel, Tyson Foods (Frozen Chicken Nuggets/Fingers), MorningStar Farms/Incogmeato (Kellanova/Kellogg's plant-based lines - many are UPF), Beyond Meat/Impossible Foods (most items).

Category 6: Ready-to-Eat/Heat Meals and Instant Products

General Examples: Frozen dinners, instant noodles (ramen), canned or powdered soups, packaged pizzas, dried soup mixes, boxed meal helpers, packaged macaroni and cheese.

Name Brands: Kraft-Heinz (Kraft Mac & Cheese, Velveeta, Lunchables, Ore-Ida frozen potatoes), Nestle (Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets, Maggi/Buitoni ready meals/soups), Campbell's (Canned/Condensed soups), Top Ramen/Cup Noodles, Marie Callender's, Chef Boyardee.

Category 7: Condiments, Spreads, and Industrial Fats

General Examples: Commercial salad dressings, flavored coffee creamers, margarine and spreads (made with hydrogenated/interesterified oils), commercial mayonnaise, high-sugar/HFCS ketchups and sauces, industrial chocolate/hazelnut spreads.

Name Brands: Kraft-Heinz (Heinz Ketchup, Miracle Whip, Salad Dressings), Unilever (Hellmann's Mayonnaise, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Country Crock), Nestlé (Coffee Mate Creamers), Crisco.

Category 8: Confectionery and Flavored Dairy/Desserts

General Examples: Most commercial ice creams (with stabilizers and artificial ingredients), fruit-flavored yogurts (often containing stabilizers/emulsifiers/sweeteners), processed cheese slices/spreads, gelatin desserts, commercial puddings.

Name Brands: Nestlé (Dreyer's/Edy's Ice Cream, some Häagen-Dazs flavors, some Dannon/Yoplait flavored yogurts), Danone (Activia/Danimals flavored products), Kraft-Heinz (Jell-O, Velveeta Cheese Slices), Ben & Jerry's/Magnum (Unilever - many flavors).