THE TERM “ULTRAPROCESSED food” (or UPF, for short) has launched into the nutritional spotlight in recent years, with study after study linking the food group to obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and a multitude of other chronic conditions. And America eats a lot of ultraprocessed foods. Americans consume more than 50 percent of their calories from ultraprocessed foods, which include soda, cake, cookies, potato chips, and ice cream.