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But nobody uses industrial chemicals and processes at home. That said, I would consider refined sugar as ultraprocessed, and homemade jam includes a lot of it.
by proc0 3y ago
But nobody uses industrial chemicals and processes at home. That said, I would consider refined sugar as ultraprocessed, and homemade jam includes a lot of it.
- abdullahkhalids 3y agoRefined sugar is Group 2: Processed culinary ingredients [1], not group 4: ultraprocessed. It's preparation does not include any of the steps specified in my quote above. [1] https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/8850256100106/mitrphol-refined-white-sugar-1kg-mitr-phol https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/8850256100106/mitrph...
- proc0 3y agoSure, but the natural next step after ultraprocessed is highly refined products like sugar and flour, which I know is so much of people's current diet but that's why everyone has health problems.
- marcus0x62 3y agoNOVA considers most homemade jams ultra-processed not because of sugar, which is widely understood and proven to be unhealthy, but because of the use of fruit pectin as a gelling agent. The irony here is that the more processed pectins can be used to reduce the amount of sugar in homemade jams (while still maintaining a jam-like consistency.)