How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Industrial Contaminants
Apr 22, 2026•Channel
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Published2 months ago
Duration5:34
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There are contaminants of processed foods that don’t show up on the ingredients label.
If you missed the previous videos in this series, check out:
• What Are Ultra-Processed Foods? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-are-ultra-processed-foods)
• How Bad Are Ultra-Processed Foods? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-bad-are-ultra-processed-foods)
• Which Ultra-Processed Foods Are the Worst in Driving the Association with Death and Disease? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-ultra-processed-foods-are-the-worst-in-driving-the-association-with-death-and-disease)
• Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-the-health-impacts-of-ultra-processed-foods-apply-to-plant-based-meat-alternatives)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-food-additives)
Stay tuned for the rest of this extended video series on ultra-processed foods, coming out over the next several months.
If you don’t want to wait for each video to be released, we’ve compiled all the information into a brand-new book, Ultra-Processed Foods: Concerns, Controversies, and Exceptions (https://nutritionfacts.org/book/ultra-processed/).
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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
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