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Over 80% of foods marketed to toddlers in the United States are ultraprocessed, while nearly half also fail to meet global nutritional guidelines, a new study found.
I read the hyper-palatable thing when it came out. We can actually jam on it. To my memory, there are a couple of foods that really trigger that concept, one of them being Doritos. The other being Diet Coke.
The regular red bag of Doritos, it’s not hard to sit down and eat an entire bag.
Getting used to Diet Coke even if you exclude the caffeine by getting it from other sources, still drinking a Diet Coke or two will trigger you to drink a lot more Diet Coke.
But I’d say the absolute vast majority of UPF is less palatable than other food. That pack of donuts with the waxy chocolate and they’ve done everything possible to extend shelf life on it. Doesn’t taste as good as fresh donuts. (assuming you can even find fresh donuts anymore.)
All those snack cakes and shelf stable lunch items are unpleasant when compared with anything made fresh.
And the stuff they put on the Doritos, it’s not the add-ons that make it good. I took a shot at making Dorito cheese once and was wildly successful. Try out some yellow cheddar and turn it into powder. Add garlic powder, onion powder, Salt, yeast flakes, except for the coloring being a little blonder than it should be. It’s a dead ringer for Doritos.
I don’t think that UPF foods that are borderline addictive are addictive because of the UPF. I think they’re addictive in spite of it.
I read the hyper-palatable thing when it came out. We can actually jam on it. To my memory, there are a couple of foods that really trigger that concept, one of them being Doritos. The other being Diet Coke.
The regular red bag of Doritos, it’s not hard to sit down and eat an entire bag.
Getting used to Diet Coke even if you exclude the caffeine by getting it from other sources, still drinking a Diet Coke or two will trigger you to drink a lot more Diet Coke.
But I’d say the absolute vast majority of UPF is less palatable than other food. That pack of donuts with the waxy chocolate and they’ve done everything possible to extend shelf life on it. Doesn’t taste as good as fresh donuts. (assuming you can even find fresh donuts anymore.)
All those snack cakes and shelf stable lunch items are unpleasant when compared with anything made fresh.
And the stuff they put on the Doritos, it’s not the add-ons that make it good. I took a shot at making Dorito cheese once and was wildly successful. Try out some yellow cheddar and turn it into powder. Add garlic powder, onion powder, Salt, yeast flakes, except for the coloring being a little blonder than it should be. It’s a dead ringer for Doritos.
I don’t think that UPF foods that are borderline addictive are addictive because of the UPF. I think they’re addictive in spite of it.