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The article is abut "ultra-processed" food. It's fairly easy still to get non-UPF flour, mozzarella and tomato sauce at least in my country. Try the same with c

• Aurornis 1y ago
  > The article is abut "ultra-processed" food. I was responding to a comment that said “highly processed”. Regardless, the mozzarella and tomato sauce purchased from the local store inside of a package or jar with long shelf life is likely to be ultra-processed.
  • Milpotel 1y ago
    Luckily, Mozzarella here only contains milk, salt, bacteria and rennet and many tomato sauces are free from UPF ingredients.
    • Aurornis 1y ago
      You can find the same here. But discussing the best-case scenario where all ingredients are sourced perfectly is missing the point. When someone says pizza or hamburger they’re not talking about the theoretically optimal perfectly produced pizza to minimize processed food content, they’re talking about what people are really buying and eating.
      • Milpotel 1y ago
        > When someone says pizza or hamburger they’re not talking about the theoretically optimal perfectly produced pizza I don't know what "garbawarb" meant with "basic pizza", a frozen one or pizza in general? I just argued that flour, mozzarella and simple tomato sauce are not the best examples for UPF.