{"id":564,"date":"2026-04-22T01:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openintegrative.com\/blog\/?p=564"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:22:59","slug":"ultra-processed-foods-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openintegrative.com\/blog\/ultra-processed-foods-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Processed Foods Health Effects Backed By Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-takeaways\"><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ultra-processed foods are industrial products with additives, extracts and little whole food.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher intake links with weight gain, heart disease, diabetes and earlier death.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A short feeding trial found these foods drove higher calorie intake and weight gain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These products often crowd out simple meals built from eggs, meat, dairy and fruit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eating fewer ultra-processed foods can support steadier hunger, energy and long term health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nova-basics\"><strong>NOVA Basics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultra-processed foods are not just foods that were cooked, canned or frozen. In the NOVA system, they are industrial formulations made with ingredients such as refined starches, sugars, oils, protein isolates, flavorings, colors, emulsifiers and sweeteners. These products are built to be ready to eat, highly tasty and easy to overuse (<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10260459\/\">Monteiro et al., 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common examples include soft drinks, packaged snacks, candy, instant noodles, sweet breakfast cereals, mass produced breads, reconstituted meat products, frozen meals and many fast foods. A simple clue often helps. If a label lists many added substances that would not be used in a home kitchen, the food is often ultra-processed (<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10260459\/\">Monteiro et al., 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-easy-to-overeat\">Easy To Overeat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These foods are usually soft, fast to chew and very rewarding to the brain. They also tend to combine refined carbohydrate, fat, salt and flavor additives in ways that make stopping harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A small trial at the National Institutes of Health tested this idea in real time. Adults ate either an ultra-processed diet or an unprocessed diet for two weeks, then switched. The ultra-processed diet led to higher calorie intake and about 0.9 kilograms of weight gain, even though the diets were matched for calories offered, sugar, fat, sodium and fiber on paper (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31105044\/\">Hall et al., 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That study matters because it moved past simple food surveys. It showed that food structure, texture and reward can change how much people eat, even during a short period (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31105044\/\">Hall et al., 2019<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27125637\/\">Fardet, 2016<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-evidence\"><strong>The Evidence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-weight-amp-metabolic-health\">Weight &amp; Metabolic Health<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Large reviews now show a broad pattern. Higher intake of ultra-processed foods is linked with overweight, obesity and worse health status across many populations. A systematic review and meta-analysis by Pagliai and colleagues found that higher intake was associated with greater odds of overweight or obesity and other poor health outcomes (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32792031\/\">Pagliai et al., 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another systematic review by Chen and colleagues reached a similar result across epidemiological studies. Higher intake was associated with a greater risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and all cause mortality, though most included studies were observational and cannot prove cause by themselves (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12937-020-00604-1\">Chen et al., 2020<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cohort studies also point in the same direction. In the SUN cohort, higher intake was associated with a higher risk of becoming overweight or obese over time. In a separate SUN analysis, higher intake was also linked with a higher risk of hypertension (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27733404\/\">Mendon\u00e7a et al., 2016<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27927627\/\">Mendon\u00e7a et al., 2017<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-heart-disease-amp-diabetes\">Heart Disease &amp; Diabetes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The NutriNet-Sant\u00e9 cohort in France found that higher intake of ultra-processed foods was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. The same research group later reported that higher intake was also associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l1451\">Srour et al., 2019<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2757497\">Srour et al., 2020<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These findings do not mean one packaged meal causes disease by itself. They do show that a food pattern heavy in industrial products tracks with worse metabolic health over time. That pattern also makes sense when the diet brings more added sugars, refined starches, damaged fats and fewer intact foods with better satiety and nutrient density (<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5986467\/\">Rauber et al., 2018<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC7399967\/\">Elizabeth et al., 2020<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mortality-signals\">Mortality Signals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Several prospective studies have found that people who eat more ultra-processed foods face a higher risk of earlier death. In the SUN study, eating more than four servings a day was associated with a 62 percent relative increase in all cause mortality and each extra serving was linked with higher risk (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l1949\">Rico-Camp\u00e0 et al., 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A French cohort study also found that a 10 percent increase in the share of ultra-processed foods in the diet was associated with a 14 percent higher mortality risk (<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2723626\">Schnabel et al., 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2024 umbrella review brought together many meta-analyses and found that greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes, especially cardiometabolic disease, common mental disorders and mortality. Much of the evidence was low or very low quality, so the signal is broad but the exact size of harm remains uncertain (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/384\/bmj-2023-077310\">Lane et al., 2024<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-health-risk\"><strong>Health Risk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-diet-quality-drops\">Diet Quality Drops<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultra-processed foods do more than add empty calories. They often replace real meals. When a diet leans heavily on packaged products, it can crowd out eggs, beef, lamb, fish, shellfish, yogurt, cheese, fruit and other simpler foods. Those foods tend to offer better protein quality, more useful minerals and more satisfying meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research from the United Kingdom found that as the share of ultra-processed foods rose, diets contained more free sugars, total fat, saturated fat and sodium, while protein, fiber and potassium fell (<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5986467\/\">Rauber et al., 2018<\/a>). In the United States, higher intake has also been associated with excess weight among adults (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29729673\/\">Juul et al., 2018<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hunger-gets-less-stable\">Hunger Gets Less Stable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people notice stronger cravings when they eat more packaged food. That lived experience fits the trial evidence. Foods that are easy to chew and quick to swallow can weaken normal stopping signals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fardet also reported that minimally processed ready to eat foods were more satiating and less glycemic than ultra-processed choices in a preliminary comparison (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27125637\/\">Fardet, 2016<\/a>). This helps explain why a person can finish chips, sweet drinks, cereal bars or frozen desserts and still want more food soon after. The body got energy, but the meal often did not feel complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-avoiding-ultra-processed-foods\"><strong>Avoiding<\/strong> <strong>Ultra-Processed Foods<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-real-food\">Real Food<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A practical way to cut ultra-processed foods is to stop thinking in terms of snacks and start thinking in terms of meals. One to three meals a day made from simple foods can lower exposure without making life too hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helpful meal bases include the following choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eggs, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, shellfish, yogurt and cheese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fruit, roots, herbs and other simple side foods that fit the meal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water, mineral water, milk or plain coffee with the meal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This pattern can support steadier hunger because the meal has more substance and less engineered reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-labels-fast\">Read Labels Fast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A short label scan can save time. Foods are more likely to be ultra-processed when they contain long ingredient lists with isolates, emulsifiers, gums, colors, flavor enhancers, or sweeteners. <a href=\"https:\/\/openintegrative.com\/blog\/food-quality-vs-calories\/\">Foods<\/a> are less likely to fit that category when they look close to their original form and have only a few familiar ingredients (<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10260459\/\">Monteiro et al., 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lowering intake does not require a perfect diet. Replacing even one daily packaged product with a simple meal can cut exposure in a meaningful way over weeks and months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sDD1LK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/715FXftzPfL._SL1200_.jpg\" alt=\"Born a Crime by Trevor Noah\" style=\"width:203px;height:auto\" title=\"Born a Crime by Trevor Noah\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ultra-Processed People<\/em> explores how modern industrial food production has reshaped what people eat and how it affects health. Written by physician and researcher Chris van Tulleken, the book combines scientific studies, personal experiments and investigative reporting. (<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11745511\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">PMC<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For readers who want a deeper look at the science and economics behind today\u2019s food system, it is a thought provoking read that helps explain why highly engineered foods can be so hard to stop eating. Those interested can view the book on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sDD1LK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit \u2013 amazon.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Before changing your diet, supplements or health routine, talk with a licensed healthcare professional. For any health concerns or questions about a medical condition, get guidance from a physician or another appropriately trained clinician.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faqs\"><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-counts-as-an-ultra-processed-food\"><strong>What counts as an ultra-processed food?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultra-processed foods are industrial products made with refined ingredients and additives. They often come ready to eat, ready to heat or ready to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-are-all-processed-foods-harmful\"><strong>Are all processed foods harmful?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No. Freezing, fermenting, drying and canning can be useful forms of processing. Ultra-processing is the main concern because it creates heavily altered products with many added substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-ultra-processed-foods-cause-weight-gain\"><strong>Can ultra-processed foods cause weight gain?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A short randomized feeding trial found that people ate more calories and gained weight on an ultra-processed diet. Many long term studies also link higher intake with overweight and obesity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-ultra-processed-foods-raise-disease-risk\"><strong>Do ultra-processed foods raise disease risk?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Large observational studies link higher intake with higher risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and earlier death. Those studies show association, while the strongest causal trial evidence is still short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-easiest-first-step-to-reduce-them\"><strong>What is the easiest first step to reduce them?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest first step is to replace one daily packaged food with a simple meal made from eggs, meat, dairy, fruit or other basic foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-research\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pagliai, G., Dinu, M., Madarena, M.P., Bonaccio, M., Iacoviello, L. and Sofi, F. (2021) \u2018Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health status: a systematic review and meta-analysis\u2019, <em>British Journal of Nutrition<\/em>. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/british-journal-of-nutrition\/article\/consumption-of-ultraprocessed-foods-and-health-status-a-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis\/FDCA00C0C747AA36E1860BBF69A62704\">Cambridge Core<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chen, X., Zhang, Z., Yang, H., Qiu, P., Wang, F., Zhao, Q., Fang, J. and Nie, J. (2020) \u2018Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health outcomes: a systematic review of epidemiological studies\u2019, <em>Nutrition Journal<\/em>, 19(86). Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12937-020-00604-1\">Springer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall, K.D., Ayuketah, A., Brychta, R., et al. (2019) \u2018Ultra-processed diets cause excess calorie intake and weight gain: an inpatient randomized controlled trial of ad libitum food intake\u2019, <em>Cell Metabolism<\/em>, 30(1), pp. 67\u201377.e3. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31105044\/\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Srour, B., Fezeu, L.K., Kesse-Guyot, E., et al. (2019) \u2018Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study\u2019, <em>BMJ<\/em>, 365, l1451. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l1451\">BMJ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Srour, B., Fezeu, L.K., Kesse-Guyot, E., et al. (2020) \u2018Ultraprocessed food consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes among participants of the NutriNet-Sant\u00e9 prospective cohort\u2019, <em>JAMA Internal Medicine<\/em>, 180(2), pp. 283\u2013291. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2757497\">JAMA Network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rico-Camp\u00e0, A., Mart\u00ednez-Gonz\u00e1lez, M.A., Alvarez-Alvarez, I., et al. (2019) \u2018Association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all cause mortality: SUN prospective cohort study\u2019, <em>BMJ<\/em>, 365, l1949. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l1949\">BMJ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schnabel, L., Kesse-Guyot, E., All\u00e8s, B., et al. (2019) \u2018Association between ultraprocessed food consumption and risk of mortality among middle-aged adults in France\u2019, <em>JAMA Internal Medicine<\/em>, 179(4), pp. 490\u2013498. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2723626\">JAMA Network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendon\u00e7a, R.D., Pimenta, A.M., Gea, A., et al. (2016) \u2018Ultraprocessed food consumption and risk of overweight and obesity: the University of Navarra Follow-Up (SUN) cohort study\u2019, <em>American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/em>, 104(5), pp. 1433\u20131440. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27733404\/\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendon\u00e7a, R.D., Lopes, A.C.S., Pimenta, A.M., Gea, A., Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. and Bes-Rastrollo, M. (2017) \u2018Ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of hypertension in a Mediterranean cohort: the SUN project\u2019, <em>Public Health Nutrition<\/em>, 20(13), pp. 2365\u20132372. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27927627\/\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonaccio, M., Di Castelnuovo, A., Costanzo, S., et al. (2021) \u2018Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the Moli-sani Study\u2019, <em>American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/em>, 113(2), pp. 446\u2013455. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0002916522006025\">ScienceDirect<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juul, F., Martinez-Steele, E., Parekh, N., Monteiro, C.A. and Chang, V.W. (2018) \u2018Ultra-processed food consumption and excess weight among US adults\u2019, <em>British Journal of Nutrition<\/em>, 120(1), pp. 90\u2013100. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29729673\/\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rauber, F., Louzada, M.L.C., Martinez Steele, E., Millett, C., Monteiro, C.A. and Levy, R.B. (2018) \u2018Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases-Related Dietary Nutrient Profile in the UK (2008\u20132014)\u2019, <em>Nutrients<\/em>, 10(5), 587. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5986467\/\">PMC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monteiro, C.A., Cannon, G., Levy, R.B., et al. (2019) \u2018Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them\u2019, <em>Public Health Nutrition<\/em>, 22(5), pp. 936\u2013941. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10260459\/\">PMC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth, L., Machado, P., Zin\u00f6cker, M., Baker, P. and Lawrence, M. (2020) \u2018Ultra-Processed Foods and Health Outcomes: A Narrative Review\u2019, <em>Nutrients<\/em>, 12(7), 1955. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC7399967\/\">PMC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fardet, A. (2016) \u2018Minimally processed foods are more satiating and less hyperglycemic than ultra-processed foods: a preliminary study with 98 ready-to-eat foods\u2019, <em>Food &amp; Function<\/em>, 7(5), pp. 2338\u20132346. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27125637\/\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monteiro, C.A., Cannon, G., Moubarac, J.C., et al. (2018) \u2018The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing\u2019, <em>Public Health Nutrition<\/em>, 21(1), pp. 5\u201317. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28322183\/\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawrence, M.A. and Baker, P.I. (2019) \u2018Ultra-processed food and adverse health outcomes\u2019, <em>BMJ<\/em>, 365, l2289. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l2289\">BMJ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lane, M.M., Gamage, E., Du, S., et al. (2024) \u2018Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses\u2019, <em>BMJ<\/em>, 384, bmj-2023-077310. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/384\/bmj-2023-077310\">BMJ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways NOVA Basics Ultra-processed foods are not just foods that were cooked, canned or frozen. In the NOVA system, they are industrial formulations made with ingredients such as refined starches, sugars, oils, protein isolates, flavorings, colors, emulsifiers and sweeteners. 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