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
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