processed foods
Industrially manufactured provisions
Processed foods are foods that have been altered from their natural state through methods like canning, freezing, pasteurizing, or adding preservatives, flavorings, or other ingredients.
The term ranges from minimally processed items like bagged salads to highly processed products like chips and frozen dinners.
In health discussions, processed foods typically carries negative connotations, implying artificial ingredients, added sugars, or reduced nutritional value: I'm trying to cut processed foods from my diet.
- trans fatsChemically altered dietary lipids
- instant noodlesFast-cooking dried pasta
- sweetenersSubstances adding sweetness
- high fructose corn syrupProcessed corn-based sweetener
- preservativesDecay-preventing substances
sodium nitrate · emulsifiers · thickeners · obesity · canning · deli meats · metabolic syndrome · microwave meals · frozen dinners · ready to eat · mac and cheese · artificial flavors · stabilizers · blanching · breakfast cereals · energy bars · candy bars · potato chips
- food termsprotein, carbohydrate, flavor, fat, taste
- productsappliances, automobiles, cars, clothing, computers
- retail productsappliances, electronics, clothing, shoes, toys
- food productssnacks, snack foods, frozen foods, canned goods, dried foods
- food tradealmonds, farm produce, coffee trade, walnuts, fresh produce
- guilty pleasuresguilty pleasures, ice cream, candy, cookies, chocolate
processed foodswhole foods
Unrefined, unprocessed edibles
fresh produce · fresh ingredients · ingredients · bulk foods
processed foodsnatural foods
Unrefined, additive-free provisions
whole foods · organic foods · heirloom varieties · slow food · artisanal foods
processed foodsclean eating
Unprocessed, natural diet
whole food diet · whole foods · health food · health foods · superfoods