The New York Times started the year with a five-day wellness challenge, a series to help you shop for healthier foods.
Day one defines ultra processed foods and gives you a digital game to see how much of what you buy can fit the definition.
Some of the results may surprise you, as I’m sure they were picked to do.
I found out, for example, that Fiber One cereal, my fallback buy when I can’t find Trader Joe’s High Fiber Cereal, is considered ultra processed because of thickening agents and Sucrolose it contains.
How does the series define ultraprocessed?
“Ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, are commonly defined as products you couldn’t typically make in your own kitchen. They contain ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, protein isolates, emulsifiers and artificial flavors, colors and sweeteners. Think chicken nuggets, hot dogs, flavored yogurts, sodas and many breakfast cereals, packaged breads and snack foods,” it states.
The No Salt, No Fat, No Sugar Journal 
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