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Coverage of 'ultra processed' is overly broad, arbitrary, and wildly misleading

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• aziaziazi 2y ago
  This article might have convinced me to subscribe. > But plant-based meats were virtually absent from the study: Just 0.2 percent of calories across the sample came from meat alternatives. The bulk of the plant-based ultra-processed calories instead came from what the authors describe as “industrialised packaged breads, pastries, buns, and cakes,” and “biscuits,” better known in the US as cookies > But press teams often need concrete examples for clarity, and we understand the media’s role in shaping how findings are presented. > Things get weirder when you dig into how the study defined “ultra-processed” meat alternatives. Included on that list are tofu and tempeh, soybean-based foods that have been used in East and Southeast Asian cuisines for centuries. EDIT: I tried to make a one-time donation instead for simplicity and quickness. They want me to create an account for that !! If a Vox employee read this: please reconsider that. You probably loose some donators. EDIT2: you can make an account-free one-time donation, with PayPal. I was confused by the UX.