UPF

English

Noun

UPF (countable and uncountable, plural UPFs)

2. Initialism of ultraprocessed food.
   • 2023 September 6, Rachel Dixon, “Ultra-processed foods: the 19 things everyone needs to know”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 February 2025:

     They make up 57% of the UK diet – and the risks are becoming ever more evident. Here is how to recognise UPFs and find healthier alternatives[.]

   • 2024 March 6, Giles Yeo, “Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 February 2025:

     But UPFs are a different beast – they are the products of industrial processing methods that we cannot replicate in a domestic situation.

   • 2025 November 10, Morgan Coulson, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2025:

     On an individual level, reducing or eliminating UPF intake can be a gradual process.

Anagrams

• FPU, FUP, PUF, f'up, fup, pfu