I agree as well. "Processing" food is literally what people do in their kitchens. But that's presumably not what they mean. Certain kinds of processing have

I agree as well. "Processing" food is literally what people do in their kitchens. But that's presumably not what they mean. Certain kinds of processing have to be applied to food to make it safe for consumption. But that's presumably not what they mean either. Certain kinds of processing make the nutritional contents of food more bioavailable. Not what they mean. Certain kinds of processing are required to preserve food. If humans stopped doing it, their environmental footprint would be orders of magnitude higher than it now is. Presumably, that's not what anyone is suggesting who is opposed to processed foods. Fermenting is a kind of processing, and fermented foods may be playing a role in a healthy microbiome. ...whoops. Again: Not what they are talking about. So what exactly are they trying to say? ...surely, picking a word other than "processed" would help in clarifying.