Lunch to go: Easy ways to reduce ultra-processed foods

Enjoy this hearty winter warmer from Delicia Bale's 'Unprocessed Made Easy'
Lunch to go: Easy ways to reduce ultra-processed foods

A healthy twist on mac and cheese, which includes a serving of butternut squash, making the sauce “super creamy”

It’s hard to look at a packet of chocolate biscuits now without the words ‘ultra-processed food’ (UPF) flashing through your brain.

You might even be putting them back on the supermarket shelf when you realise half the ingredients are pure gobbledegook, a confusing blur of additives, emulsifiers, preservatives, and flavour enhancers, none of which resemble any real ingredients you could buy individually.

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