First time I've come across the term "hyperpalatable"; I guess it's the same as what's referred to in the UK as "ultraprocessed". Ultraprocessed food doesn't a

First time I've come across the term "hyperpalatable"; I guess it's the same as what's referred to in the UK as "ultraprocessed". Ultraprocessed food doesn't appear to be much to do with the ingredients; it appears to have a lot to do with activities like extrusion, and the use of certain additives, most of which are harmless, as far as I can see (exception for HFCS). Apparently a hamburger and chips is considered "ultraprocessed"; I can see very little about that meal that's different from ordinary homemade food. The bun might use the kind of strange chemicals that make most white bread cotton-wooly, and the chips might use some shifty trans-fat, although I think trans-fats are now mostly banned. FWIW, I buy premium hamburgers made from minced steak, no cheese, one pattie. I could make the same thing at home, using steak from the butcher, if I had a meat-mincer. The fact that I buy it takeaway doesn't make it more harmful than homemade food.