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4 out of 5 American toddler foods are ultra-processed, research says | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Nearly half of the items analyzed also failed to meet at least one nutritional benchmark for children set by the World Health Organization and the Promotion Profile Model.

“Many parents may assume that products sold on the baby/toddler food aisles of their grocery stores have to meet certain nutrient standards. Our findings highlight that half of the toddler foods available in local grocery stores do not,” said Erin A. Hudson, lead author and science policy fellow with the American Society for Nutrition, in a press release.

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[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Here I thought it all was. I didn't have kids so I didn't ever have a reason to look into them. But don't like all baby foods go through a food processor so the baby's can eat them without teeth? So you already hit processed food status right there...

So then you try to mix processed foods from different plants and something to make them shelf stable and it's gotta be hard pressed to not be called ultra processed.

I'm not an expert but like if someone took canned tuna and mixed it with processed sweet potatoes, broccoli, liver, and feeds it to someone, at what level does it become ultra processed as opposed to combinations of processed foods?

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago

Baby foods being chopped into mush is them being processed. The problem is ultraprocessed foods. Think dyes, preservatives, reconstituted food products--things that wouldn't be there if you made the same food from scratch.

Edit: typo

[-] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 1 points 5 days ago

just put apple slices in a blender and call it a day

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