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The US government is about to define what junk food is. But comparing soy milk and gummy bears is complicated.

An official definition of ultraprocessed food could come as early as next month. For many, this is welcome news. Ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, make up a large part of the American diet and are linked ...
Agri-Pulse

Industry groups fighting RFK Jr.’s attempt to define ultraprocessed foods

Food and agriculture groups say the Trump administration’s attempt to define “ultraprocessed” foods and reduce their consumption isn’t justified by the science and could sweep up healthful foods like ...
FoodBusinessNews

Trump administration starting to define ultra-processed foods

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) are publishing a joint request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register July 24 ...
Food Safety News

Feds say industry needs to help define the term ‘ultra-processed food’

The federal government wants business and industry to offer information about processed foods so a national definition of such foods can be formulated. In a formal Request for Information, the ...
WWNO

People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them

The American diet is killing us. On that point, public health experts largely agree. And in recent years, people who want to make Americans healthier — across the ideological spectrum — are targeting ...
Seattle Times

Food Industry Sees a Threat in Kennedy’s Push to Define ‘Ultraprocessed’ Food

Trying to devise a one-size-fits-all description for ultraprocessed foods is flummoxing federal regulators. For months, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has promised to create a definition ...
JD Supra

California Beats MAHA to Define ‘Ultra-Processed Food’ in Its Real Food, Healthy Kids Act (AB 1264)

Rather than waiting for the “ultra-processed food” (UPF) definition promised by the federal government’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, the California legislature has forged ahead to ...
JD Supra

California Adopts First Definition of “Ultra-Processed Foods” and Sets Phase-Out for School Products

California has become the first state in the U.S. to legally define “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs) and to begin phasing them out of K-12 schools. Under Assembly Bill 1264 (AB 1264), also known as the ...
Morningstar

The U.S. government is about to define what junk food is. But comparing soy milk and gummy bears is complicated.

It's not easy to define ultraprocessed foods, and it's unclear if doing so will change people's behavior Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described ultraprocessed foods as ...