The NOVA food classification system developed by researchers at the University of São Paulo, Brazil categorizes food based on the level of processing rather than nutrient content. This system helps distinguish between whole, minimally processed foods, processed and highly industrialized products or ultra processed foods.

Processed food is any food that has been altered in some way during preparation and processed to stay for days. Processing food can be – freezing, cooking, drying, canning. Not all processed foods are unhealthy.

As per WHO (World Health Organization) a healthy diet helps protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

The first domestic use of soybean is traced to the eastern half of North China in 11th BC, or perhaps a little earlier.

Eating processed meat can cause bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease.

What is processed food anyway? If it’s boxed, bagged, canned or jarred and has a list of ingredients on the label, it’s processed.