2025-03-13|e-SPACE: Forum

2025-03-13|e-SPACE: Forum > Nutrition

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Here is what "Canada.ca > Health > Food and nutrition > Canada's food guide > CanadaÕs Dietary Guidelines" says:

Foods and beverages that undermine healthy eating

Ultra-processed: a category of foods in the NOVA food classification system that refers to products as industrial ingredients, obtained from the extraction, refinement, and transformation of constituents of raw foods, with usually little or no whole food.

Sodium, free sugars and saturated fat are considered nutrients of concern. This is because they can contribute to an increased risk of chronic disease when consumed in excess. Trans fat is also a nutrient of concern and is being addressed through a prohibition of partially hydrogenated oils in Canada.

Please clarify that despite what influencers claim in blanket statements (Don't eat processed food blah-blah-blah...), highly processed or ultra-processed or super-processed or hyper-processed ready-to-heat foods and beverages are quite safe to consume regularly as long as they contain very low quantities of sodium, free sugars, saturated fat and trans fat.
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Foods and beverages that undermine healthy eating
Ultra-processed: a category of foods in the NOVA food classification system that refers to products as industrial ingredients, obtained from the extraction, refinement, and transformation of constituents of raw foods, with usually little or no whole food.
Sodium, free sugars and saturated fat are considered nutrients of concern. This is because they can contribute to an increased risk of chronic disease when consumed in excess. Trans fat is also a nutrient of concern and is being addressed through a prohibition of partially hydrogenated oils in Canada.

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