Ultraprocessed Certified" seal. A doctor explains what the label can and can’t do — and what the latest science shows.

For years, the phrase "ultra-processed" has functioned as a one-word verdict on a bowl of cereal, a can of beans, or a glass of plant-based milk — a shorthand for dietary danger that lumped them ...

Ultra-processed and less processed meals containing similar nutrients still affect the body, and particularly metabolism, differently, a new study has found.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2244 on Sept. 28, creating a first-in-the-nation label that marks foods as not ...

‘California Certified’: New label will boost non-ultra processed foods - and it’s not the only state taking action - ...

Dining out in California will forever come with an asterisk. Under a new law signed Monday, restaurant chains will have to slap a warning – a sugar cube inside a black triangle – on menus next to ...

The new measure could change how Californians shop for packaged foods — and what they see when they walk down the grocery aisle. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2244 into law on Sept ...

Ultraprocessed foods are gaining scrutiny as policymakers seek to crack down on perceived harms. (National Institutes of Health photo) As some Trump administration officials and MAHA influencers ...

That was California resident Rick Salazar’s immediate reaction upon learning that California lawmakers last month voted unanimously in favor of certified labels on foods that are not ultra-processed.

A leading advocate for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again campaign got into a yelling match with top White House officials over the definition of processed food, according to a report.

California consumers may soon see a new label on grocery shelves — one designed to highlight foods that are not ultra-processed. Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel introduced the bill behind the proposal on ...