A few years ago I read a blog post about that topic with a lot of refs to scientific papers. The blogger preferred the term "coffee shop food" over "(highly/ult

A few years ago I read a blog post about that topic with a lot of refs to scientific papers. The blogger preferred the term "coffee shop food" over "(highly/ultra) processed food". It includes the packaging in plastic. I don't know if newer research has ruled out the wrappage as a cause, or if the plastic lobby manipulated to focus the ingredients. The blog pointed to the very high effect size the experiments revealed (mostly mouse/rat model), and the impossibility to track it down to specific (groups of) substances. Unfortunately i cannot find the blog post. To me it smells like microplastics might play a role.