ultra-processed foods

A form of ultra-processed food — Any processed food characterized by relatively involved methods of industrial production, often with artificial additives such as colorings and preservatives. (Often vaguely defined but usually agreed to be food that is made in a factory and that home cooks would not know how to make and would not even be equipped to make.)

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ultra-processed food
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