ultra-processed food

noun

Etymology

From ultra-processed + food

  1. derived from *peh₂-
  2. inherited from *fōdô
  3. inherited from *fōdō
  4. inherited from fōda
  5. inherited from fode
  6. formed as ultra-processed food — “ultra-processed + food

Definitions

  1. Any processed food characterized by relatively involved methods of industrial production,…

    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.)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ultra-processed food. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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