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
Soy sauce is one of the few condiments that I would not attempt to make at home. Despite that, I don’t consider it to be an ultra-processed food due to the minimal amount of ingredients and processing applied. Versions that stick to some combination of water, soybeans, wheat, salt, and possibly alcohol I listed as … Read more
Unlike many other condiments, there are a lot of brands of yellow mustard that are not ultra-processed foods. Almost all organic versions of yellow mustard will not be an ultra-processed food. You do not have to be willing to pay extra for an organic yellow mustard to find one that is not UPF either. The … Read more
Attempting to categorize food as UPF or not is subjective. With mayonnaise we deal with the complicated and confusing subject of oils. Products listed as not ultra-processed do not include any soybean oil, canola oil, or sunflower oil. I am not considering lime juice concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, or rosemary extract as ultra-processed, even though … Read more
What is Roselle? Roselle is a flower that is edible. Roselle is in the hibiscus family, and is what is used to make things like hibiscus tea. Roselle is often sold at farmer’s markets, and you may get it in a farm-share box. The plant has a vibrant dark red calyx, which surrounds an inner … Read more