Nutrition 'Ultra-processed' products now half of all UK family food purchases Exclusive: health experts warn increasing popularity of industrially-made food will lead to negative effects such as obesity and poor health Some of the UK’s best-selling ultra-processed foods. It shows that UK families buy more ultra-processed food than any others in Europe, amounting to 50.7% of the diet. Ultra-processed food amounts to more than all the other groups combined. Ultra-processed foods may look attractive and are designed with sweet or salty tastes that make us want more. Read moreSeparate data obtained by the Guardian from Euromonitor reveals the biggest selling brands of ultra-processed foods in the UK.

Source: The Guardian February 02, 2018 12:22 UTC