Ultra-processed food (UPF)
Industry remains biggest barrier to tackling ultra-processed food harm

Researchers and activists warn that the UPF industry exerts a powerful chokehold over global food systems, urging urgent action.

Health activists picket against high cost of nutritious food on World Food Day

On World Food Day, activists from PHM South Africa held a picket, protesting soaring prices of healthy food

The urgency of taxing ultra-processed foods in Brazil

A new tax reform in Brazil foresees a tax to discourage the consumption of ultra-processed foods, linked to 57,000 deaths a year — but the industry is fighting back

Lobbies give ultra-processed food corporates new avenues to influence food policy

New research illustrates the complex web of ultra-processed food (UPF) producers and influence groups, and their influence on food and health policy making worldwide

Junk food India The Junk Push: ultra-processed food industry gains ground in India

A recent report details how aggressive marketing strategies are influencing Indians to consume more ultra-processed food (UPF), colloquially known as junk food, and therefore undermining the health of thousands