
Additives in ultra-processed foods linked to higher death risk in major study
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A study of nearly 187,000 U.K. adults found eating more ultra-processed foods with certain additives increased mortality risk over 11 years of follow-up.
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Participants filled out multiple online food diaries describing what they ate in a 24-hour period. To figure out how much UPF and which additives (MUPs) people were really eating, the team matched those reported foods to actual supermarket products, checking ingredient labels for 57 potential markers of MUPs, only some of which are traditional additives.
Each food was scored based on how likely it was to contain a given additive. Then, for every person, researchers calculated what percentage of their total daily food intake came from UPFs or specific additives.













