Food made from bulk isolated ingredients combined with chemicals, designed through testing to maximize consumption and profit while bypassing satiety responses, discussed as a capitalist-driven cause of obesity.
"ultraprocessed food is bulk isolated ingredients (sugar syrup, oil, proteins) combined with chemicals like emulsifiers to congeal it into something that resembles food. ultraprocessed food is designed thru extensive rounds of testing with panels of people with the goal to have them eat as much as po"