Biscuits and crisps are generally considered to be ultra processed foods, despite containing only basic ingredients.
Depends on if they’re ultra processed or not.
If they won’t stale for weeks, they’re ultra processed with preservatives and/or solvents. If they go stale and have a simple ingredients list, they probably aren’t.
(And kids don’t need to be habituated to having either with every lunch.)
So no, it’s a lot more arbitrary than that.
Sure. But they’re commonly in kitchens and simply produced, making their status as Group 1 and 2 Nova foods unambiguous.
When a grandma bakes some cookies for their grandchildren she uses only some basic ingredients - eggs, flour, butter, sugar.
For the product that food industries calls as cookies however, the list of ingredients looks like a git SHA.
> The E.U. says that if they can’t dismiss the possibility of harm, they can’t find an additive safe,” Galligan says. In the U.S., the bar is much lower; companies can add new ingredients to their foods without even informing the FDA. “In the U.S., it feels like the FDA is waiting to act until harm is definitely proven,” says Galligan.
[1] https://time.com/7210717/food-additives-us-fda-banned-europe...
Look into the process used to make soybean oil vs the process used to make butter.