Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
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Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
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Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#2Unsure why it’s unhelpful. Soy milk so heavily processed and is so disgusting by itself they add so much shit to make it taste semi decent that it literally becomes bad for you.
Just like skim/low fat milk is bad.
Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#3Context: Alpro is the soy products arm of a $17bn food corporation
Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#4Unhelpful for Alpro for sure
Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#5This article is a big nothing burger. Of course a foundation with the goal to "drive the transition to more healthful plant-based diets for human and planetary health. "[0] is against labeling highly-processed plant based food as "highly processed".
Quote: > In an era of urgency to move populations towards more environmentally and nutritionally beneficial plant-based diets, making a simple switch to soya meat replacements and milk alternatives is a realistic and easy dietary change for most consumers to achieve
As far as I'm concerned, almost all highly-processed food "alternatives" consist of abundantly cheap ingredients (mostly based on soy, rice or corn), sold at a price of labor intense organic products. I think this is just profit driven greenwashing, nothing more.
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#6My son is allergic to soya - that was a catalyst for us looking into the supply chain of what we buy and eat and if there is one profound change above all is the fact soy is in -everything- and if not in the product itself then certain in the bulk of the food stuffs own food chain.
Can’t even buy bread now without it being bulked out with soya flour …
Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#7This article is a big nothing burger. Of course a foundation with the goal to "drive the transition to more healthful plant-based diets for human and planetary health. "[0] is against labeling highly-processed plant based food as "highly processed". Quote: > In an era of urgency to move populations towards more environmentally and nutritionally beneficial plant-based diets, making a simple switch to soya meat replace…
Ultra processed is the end result of mckinsification of our food chain.
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#8Not enough people want to buy their food so they’ve blamed the truthful labeling of their food and want to be able to lie by omission on their labeling. They believe they should be allowed to lie because of a smaller energy cost.
It takes less energy for me to not pay my mortgage. Let’s see how that works out.
Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#9This article is a big nothing burger. Of course a foundation with the goal to "drive the transition to more healthful plant-based diets for human and planetary health. "[0] is against labeling highly-processed plant based food as "highly processed". Quote: > In an era of urgency to move populations towards more environmentally and nutritionally beneficial plant-based diets, making a simple switch to soya meat replace…
Ultra processed is the end result of mckinsification of our food chain.
What is mckinsification?
Re: Labelling soya foods as ultra-processed is unhelpful
#10They mention that "nearly all" alternatives are marked as ultraprocessed, which is kinda meaningful. Tofu and tempeh can be easily made in home environment, basic soy milk (water + soy) also, so alternatives that stay ultraprocessed are either modified in other ways (added sweeteners, etc) or are ready meals (like burgers and breaded cutlets). And difference in nutritional values between those categories is rather stark.