Is that what it is? Every time I see some rant or new study on "processed" foods I really ask what it means for food to be "processed". There's a huge differe

Is that what it is? Every time I see some rant or new study on "processed" foods I really ask what it means for food to be "processed". There's a huge difference between a cooked slab of meat and a meal in a frozen box, but both are "processed". I'm not really sure why quesadillas or muffins are "ultra processed".... what gives them an "ultra processed" nature? If you took a pile of steak chunks and a pile of cheese that would be way better than combining it with a tortilla? I have to doubt that. If what you're saying is true the examples are very misleading; it really applies more to artificial flavors and things that change the texture of food and so on than it applies to specific food types.