The contents of your shopping cart are not always good for you. When you’re wandering through the shelves of the supermarket, you may not have time to check the ingredient list of all the products you buy. And yet! It is sometimes necessary, as certain foods are harmful to health.
This is the case, in particular, of so-called “ultra-processed” products which, as Femina indicates, have been reworked to have a better look, a more appetizing smell or a more pronounced taste. This involves adding ingredients such as:
These foods are bad for your health because they are often very fatty, too sweet or too salty. They contain “empty calories”, or unhealthy sugar. “However, they are poor in micro-nutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and lipids) which are essential for the proper functioning of our body”, specifies Femina. How to find one’s way in the immensity of the supermarkets? In our slideshow below, discover the list of the main 17 so-called “ultra-processed” products, according to the Food Observatory. All you have to do is scan the list of ingredients for each of them to find your happiness!
