ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Consumers' Understanding of Ultra-Processed Foods.
Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06266533 (Dismantling the U.S. Social Norm of the "Kids' Food" Archetype That Includes Ultra-processed Foods Such as Chicken Nuggets and Fries in the Newark, NJ Community), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Dismantling the U.S. Social Norm of the "Kids' Food" Archetype That Includes Ultra-processed Foods Such as Chicken Nuggets and Fries in the Newark, NJ Community
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Before we tell people to avoid ultra-processed foods, can they identify them? The case for cognitive validity criteria in food classification.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Public knowledge of ultra-processed foods: Insights from a national survey of Australian adults.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
- Understandings of ultra-processed foods among adults with responsibility for household food activities in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Multilevel predictors of ultra-processed food intake in Canadian preschoolers.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- How young adults in the United States understand and conceptualise ultra-processed foods.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Article
- Should Grain-Based Staple Foods Be Included in Admonitions to "Avoid Processed and Ultra-Processed Food"?Nutrients · 2025Review
- Progress in Low-Impact Processing Technologies to Deliver More Sustainable and Healthy Food Tomorrow.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- An assessment of compliance with proposed regulations to restrict on-package marketing of packaged foods to improve nutrition in South Africa.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Definitions of ultra-processed foods beyond NOVA: a systematic review and evaluation.Food & nutrition research · 2025Review
- How disease threat affects the purchase intention of ultra-processed foods among high-pressure workers.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Nutritional quality and climate impact of Norwegian adults' diet classified according to the NOVA system.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Consumer Awareness, Perceptions and Avoidance of Ultra-Processed Foods: A Study of UK Adults in 2024.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- How Promising Are "Ultraprocessed" Front-of-Package Labels? A Formative Study with US Adults.Nutrients · 2024Article
- How Do Brazilian Consumers Understand Food Groups in the Food-based Dietary Guidelines?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Synthesis of Effect Sizes on Dose Response from Ultra-Processed Food Consumption against Various Noncommunicable Diseases.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Is There a Convergence between the Food Classification Adopted by Food-Based Dietary Guidelines and Food Science and Technology?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Characterizing Meat- and Milk/Dairy-like Vegetarian Foods and Their Counterparts Based on Nutrient Profiling and Food Labels.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Food classification systems have been proposed to improve food quality criteria. Among these systems, "processing level" has been used as a criterion. NOVA classification, as the denotation "ultra-processed" food (UPF), has been widely used in different countries. However, even though some studies have pointed out some controversial aspects, no study has evaluated its comprehension by the population where it is used as reference. Therefore, this study explored the understanding of the term UPF for Brazilian consumers, where this denotation has been used in the last 8 years. A questionnaire was used, with questions referring to different aspects of self-assessment of knowledge about UPF. Altogether, 939 valid participants completed the questionnaire, and 81.9% of them declared to know the term UPF. For 78.2%, a better definition for UPF should be "foods that have gone through many processes in industry". Finally, it was concluded that the term UPF is still confusing for most Brazilians, indicating the risk of use and the urgent necessity to improve the classifications systems and consequently consumer understanding. Only when all parties interested in healthy food work together could this problem be solved.
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