Quick takeaway: I usually buy Laura Scudder’s brand peanut butter, and it is usually pretty easy to find at the store. Is peanut butter ultra-processed? There are many brands of fresh peanut butter available that are not ultra-processed, but there are also many that are. Peanut butter that is freshly ground in the store is … Read more
Quick takeaway: My recommended UPF-Free cream cheese is Good Culture Probiotic Plain Cream Cheese Spread. Finding cream cheese that is not an ultra-processed food: Cream cheese is difficult because of how pervasive the use of gums are even in the more expensive pasture raised or organic products. I was surprised to find it even in … Read more
I like to buy tortillas that are prepare and ready to cook, but it turns out those are ultra-processed. A shocking amount of tortillas are. It would be nice if there were more store-bought tortillas that were not UPF. Unfortunately there are very few. If you want to have tortillas that are not ultra-processed you … Read more
Most of the versions of ready-made green enchilada sauce are ultra-processed foods. There are some that are not. The inclusion of the Mi Tienda sauce in the non-UPF list might have been a bit of a stretch. Green enchilada sauce is very easy to make from scratch. Green enchilada sauces that are not UPF: Frontera … Read more
In order to reign in this list some, I have split up enchilada sauces into red enchilada sauce and green enchilada sauce. There are a few different types of enchilada sauce that are not UPF, but not many. There are also notably fewer brands selling organic enchilada sauce compared to other types of sauces. Enchilada … Read more
I was not able to find any dairy-free sour creams that were not UPF. I have the UPF ones that I found listed below, so you can see what is in them if you are interested. Green Valley has a lactose free sour cream that is not UPF, but it does contain dairy. If you … Read more
To me the default brand of sour cream is Daisy. I was happy to learn that regular Daisy sour cream is not UPF. There are also many other brands that carry organic sour cream or probiotic sour cream that are also not UPF. Sour cream is frequently available in light or low fat, and those … Read more
Ketchup is one of the easier condiments to find versions of that are not ultra-processed. The most common reason that I categorized a ketchup as ultra-processed is because it contained either high fructose corn syrup or natural flavorings. Ketchup is also an easy condiment to make from scratch yourself. Ketchups that are not UPF 365 … Read more
It is a shame that so many brands of chocolate chips are ultra-processed foods, because people generally purchase them to use when baking something from scratch. The most common reasons that I categorized chocolate chips as ultra-processed is because they include either soy lecithin or sunflower lecithin as an emulsifier. After that it was due … Read more
By lentil pasta I mean pasta that is made from lentils, not recipes for pasta dishes that also include lentils. Every type of lentil pasta that I saw being advertised as lentil pasta was not an ultra processed food. They come in red lentil, yellow lentil, or green lentil. There are other types of pasta … Read more