Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science. You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) account for nearly 60% of adults' and 70% of children's energy intake in the United States. These industrially manufactured products—such as soft drinks, packaged cereals ...

Move closes loophole but doesn’t include definition of ultra-processed foods, promised earlier this year ...

HHS moves to tighten oversight of food ingredients and define ultra-processed foods as food safety concerns raise questions about FDA visibility.

There's a lot of buzz about ultra-processed foods and whether they belong in your diet. Learn what ultra-processed really means from a registered dietitian.

The challenge of knowing which foods to choose for good health, given constraints such as availability, taste and budget, is ...

HHS announced two major food policy initiatives Monday aimed at increasing transparency around food ingredients.

Food company executives intervened in recent weeks to persuade the Trump administration not to release a proposed definition of ultra-processed food, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Much of what fills modern grocery shelves is not simply cooked or preserved food but products engineered in factories from ...

Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) loophole Also announced was new federal oversight of food additives known as generally recognized as safe (GRAS). Kennedy has promised to close the so-called GRAS ...

ULTRA-PROCESSED foods – or UPFs – are this year’s biggest red flag when it comes to healthy eating. Typically, they contain ...