Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science. You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Take a stroll down the middle aisles of any American grocery store, and you’ll be surrounded by rows of brightly colored packaged macaroni and cheese, instant soups and chips in all forms and flavors ...

Nutrition pros weigh in about the health pros and cons of processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, and deli meat. Processed meat refers to animal protein altered for flavor or preservation, including ...

Ultra processed foods are a daily part of life for many families — sold in brightly colored packages, advertised as convenient, and often presented as wholesome choices for children. But mounting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before beginning the experiment, I had to determine the line between processed foods and ultra-processed foods. Technically, any ...

If you’ve not heard of ultra-processed food (UPF), it’s time to crawl out from under that rock. But if you’ve heard of UPF and still aren’t sure which foods count, you’re not alone. Despite all the ...

Though many of our favorite performance foods, like protein bars, may be ultra-processed, that doesn’t automatically make ...

We often think of food as fuel—something we need to keep our bodies going. But food is much more than that. It shapes how we feel, think, sleep, and connect with others. In recent years, a growing ...

Despite its widespread use, "ultra-processed" food does not have a universal definition. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’d like to define it by April. So far, ...

Despite the availability of many plant-based meat alternatives, plenty of Americans are still eating their fair share of beef, pork, chicken, and turkey, and a substantial quantity of that meat falls ...