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Does veganism have an ultra-processing problem?
Vegan diets can contain more UPFs on average – but this might not be a problem.
The proportion of the diet made up by ultra-processed foods varies widely across the globe; UPFs make up 16% of mean caloric intake in Colombia, 20% in Taiwan, and 22% in Brazil. Lewis Bollard, who directs the farm animal welfare programme at the foundation Open Philanthropy, says that in the plant-based space, criticisms have tended to focus on alternative proteins. Altogether, she calls ultra-processing "a really complicated and contested concept" that is currently intersecting with cultural, political and technological anxieties around control of food and plant-based innovations.
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