Darina Allen: Three homegrown recipes to avoid ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed foods now make up over half of the average diet in Ireland. To be precise, 54.9% according to research published in The Journal of Public Health Nutrition

Home-made fish fingers. Picture: iStock

At last, the conversation around the impact of ultra-processed foods on the health of the nation is gathering momentum. 

I've written before about how we are sleepwalking into a health crisis of gargantuan proportions. It has crept up on us so rapidly and stealthily, that it has almost gone unnoticed.