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
There are starting to be more and more plant based or dairy-free cream cheeses on the market. Most of are ultra-processed foods. The dairy-free cream cheeses that are not ultra-processed foods tend to be based on cashews. My list of traditional dairy cream cheeses is here. Non-UPF dairy-free cream cheeses: Amazon Fresh Plant Based Cream … 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
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