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Source-<\/strong> The post Ultra-processed food has been created, based on the article \u201cWhat are you eating? Ultra-processed food here to stay. Home cooking\u2019s an antidote<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Times of India<\/strong>\u201d on 24 February 2024.<\/p>\n UPSC Syllabus Topic<\/strong>– GS Paper 3- Food Processing and Related Industries in India- Scope\u2019 and Significance, Location, Upstream and Downstream Requirements, Supply Chain Management.<\/p>\n News<\/strong>-The article discusses problems posed by ultra-processed food (UPF) and how homemade food can address the problem. Ultra-processed food<\/strong><\/p>\n They usually have five or more<\/strong> ingredients, including additives that are not used in home cooking. What is the reason behind the rise of this industry?<\/p>\n 1) Surplus food production<\/strong>-This industry rose on account of farming surpluses. Due to extra food production, it becomes necessary to transform extra production into junk food. |<\/p>\n 2) Affordability<\/strong>– A WHO report highlighted the affordability aspect of junk food. Due to affordable prices of junk food, there has been an increase in readymade and convenience food especially during Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n 1) Health issues<\/strong>-These foods are not healthy to consume regularly or in large quantities. They can cause obesity, hypertension, cardiac issues and lifestyle diseases.<\/p>\n 2)) Addiction<\/strong>-They are taste enhancers, so people automatically get addicted to them.<\/p>\n 1) Stringent regulation<\/strong>-The most effective step food regulators can take is to ensure that UPFs are accurately labelled.<\/p>\n 2) Awareness<\/strong>-Consumer awareness is of paramount importance. They must be made aware of potential allergens.<\/p>\n 3) Promotion of homemade food<\/strong>-It is the best way to get nutritional and healthy<\/strong> food.<\/p>\n 4) Promotion of local and indigenous food<\/strong>– India has a great culinary tradition<\/strong>. This is based on a mix of fresh ingredients<\/strong> which have the least negative impact on health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source- The post Ultra-processed food has been created, based on the article \u201cWhat are you eating? Ultra-processed food here to stay. Home cooking\u2019s an antidote\u201d published in \u201cThe Times of India\u201d on 24 February 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic– GS Paper 3- Food Processing and Related Industries in India- Scope\u2019 and Significance, Location, Upstream and Downstream… Continue reading Ultra-Processed food<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,242,10496],"class_list":["post-284408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-science-and-technology","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is Ultra-processed food?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThese other ingredients are usually flavour and taste enhancers, emulsifiers and colours, and all of them are meant to improve shelf life and taste<\/strong> or make the food convenient to eat.<\/p>\n\u00a0What are the issues with consumption of Ultra-processed food?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What is the way forward?<\/strong><\/h2>\n