Ultra-processed

Quick meaning: Ultra-processed is an adjective meaning Very heavily processed.

Meaning

Very heavily processed.

Example Sentences

ultra-processed food

“Ultra-processed” foods, made in factories with ingredients unknown to the domestic kitchen, may be linked to cancer, according to a large and groundbreaking study.

In other words, we’re eating too much. We may also be eating the wrong kinds of foods, the study also suggests. In a sub-analysis of the diets of some of the groups from both highly and less-developed nations, the scientists found a strong correlation between the percentage of daily diets that consists of “ultra-processed foods” — which the study’s authors define as “industrial formulations of five or more ingredients” — and higher body-fat percentages.

Word Forms

• ultraprocessed

Antonyms for ultra-processed

Common opposites include unprocessed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hyperprocessed, hyperpalatable, ultracommercial, ultrarefined, superfatted, overrefined.

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