WHAT’S BAD FOR US?

Ultra-processed food

Food which is now more and more processed forms a huge part of our diet. In February last year, an analysis of shopping habits in 19 European countries revealed that food which has been significantly altered in a factory accounts for half of all the food bought by consumers.

In the same month, a study involving 100,000 people, published in the BMJ, found that a diet rich in ultra-processed food was linked to a raised risk of cancer. This, the team said, was probably down to the “wide range of additives” it contains and its “generally poorer nutritional quality”.