Ultra-processed foods: a concept in need of revision to avoid targeting healthful and sustainable plant-based foods

• Mark J Messina,
• John L Sievenpiper,
• Patricia Williamson,
• Jessica Kiel,
• John W Erdman

Affiliations

Mark J Messina

ORCiD

Soy Nutrition Institute Global, Washington, DC, USA

John L Sievenpiper

Department of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Patricia Williamson

Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Research and Development, Cargill, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Jessica Kiel

Scientific and Clinical Affairs, Baltimore, MD, USA

John W Erdman

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Division of Nutritional Sciences and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA