Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for your health, whatever you might have heard

By Gary Sacks, Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
Kathryn Backholer, Co-Director, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University
Kathryn Bradbury, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Sally Mackay, Senior Lecturer Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

The mass-produced wholegrain bread you buy from the supermarket isn’t harmful to your health, even though it’s an ‘ultra-processed’ food. Your overall diet matters more.

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