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Sometimes it isn't even washed before you buy it (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

See you just gave me the perfect example. Pringles.

Compare the macros on a serve of Pringles (definitely an ultra-processed food. I googled the ingredients - Dehydrated potato, vegetable oils, wheat starch (gluten), rice flour, emulsifier (471), maltodextrin, salt, acidity regulator (330).) and a serve of Kettle Chips (Potatoes, sunflower oil, sea salt) the macros are pretty damn close to the same. One is ultra-processed, one is at least processed and I imagine if you thinly sliced a potato and fried it at home and salted them you would get a similar product with similar nutrition to the Kettle chips but would it still be considered processed?

Admittedly there is an argument to be made about micronutrients and phytochemicals that would give the kettles and home mades a slight edge on any "which is healthier" discussion, but the honest answer to "Which of these foods should you sit down and demolish a salad bowl full of?" is NONE because processed or not, its a highly paletable bowl of calorie dense food thats incredibly easy to over consume.

The problem isnt the processing, the problem is that making a giant pile of home made chips is hard and time consuming so you probably wont and a bag of Kettles is a $3 addition to my trolley.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

The problem isnt the processing, the problem is that making a giant pile of home made chips is hard and time consuming so you probably wont

This is it exactly! Look at noodles! I consider them processed food, and since I got a noodle machine (non-electric) I don’t eat them as often as I used to.

Even if you got the flour at home, it’s still very time consuming. you would think twice if you just throw some potatoes into boiling water or if you risk making your kitchen dirty while hand-making noodles.