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ultra-processed

ultra-processed adjective: very heavily processed.

Adjective

ultra-processed (comparative more ultra-processed, superlative most ultra-processed)

  1. Very heavily processed.
    • ultra-processed food
    • Ultra-processed products are made from processed substances extracted or refined from whole foods – e.g. oils, hydrogenated oils and fats, flours and starches, variants of sugar, and cheap parts or remnants of animal foods – with little or no whole foods. Products include burgers, […] pasta dishes...2013 February 12, Rob Moodie with David Stuckler, Carlos Monteiro, Nick Sheron, Bruce Neal, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Paul Lincoln, and Sally Casswell, “Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful...
    Antonyms:
    unprocessed

Antonyms of ultra-processed

Forms of ultra-processed

comparativemore ultra-processed
superlativemost ultra-processed
alternative formultraprocessed

Origin of ultra-processed

From ultra- + processed.

Words formed from ultra-processed

Phrases with ultra-processed

Questions about ultra-processed

What does ultra-processed mean?
Ultra-processed means very heavily processed.
What part of speech is ultra-processed?
Ultra-processed is an adjective.

Words near ultra-processed in the dictionary

  1. ultra-natural
  2. ultra-nervous
  3. ultra-organizational
  4. ultra-Orthodox
  5. ultra-pacifism
  6. ultra-processed
  7. ultra-processed food
  8. ultra-processed foods
  9. ultra-progressive
  10. ultra-prominent
  11. ultra-pure

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