Processed foods refer to any food that’s changed from its natural state. This can include food that was simply cut, washed, heated, pasteurized, canned, cooked, frozen, dried, dehydrated, mixed, or ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary "Ultra Processed: How Food Tech Consumed the American Diet" in the video player above. HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. - Fifteen-year-old Tiara Channer was 13 when she was ...

When 36-year-old Nelson Cheney was little, he began eating spicy peppers and sauces to impress his dad. Years later, he still consumes these foods, only now for his 1.1 million followers on TikTok.

The Food and Drug Administration’s “hands-off approach” to food additives, including those found in ultraprocessed foods and energy drinks, may allow unsafe ingredients to enter the nation’s food ...

This essay is part of What to Eat on a Burning Planet, a series exploring bold ideas to secure our food supply. Read more about this project in a note from Eliza Barclay, Opinion’s climate editor.

In the United States, between 30% and 40% of all food produced is wasted, and grocery stores can be a major contributor. Whether it’s packaged items past their sell-by date, bruised produce, or ...

Food deserts – areas where affordable, plentiful and culturally appropriate food is not readily available – are a problem in America, leaving millions of people without convenient access to healthy ...

Many processed foods have nutritional value and are safe to eat on a regular basis, unlike ultraprocessed foods. A dietitian shares how to tell the difference. Much of the food we eat has been ...

One-third of all food in America is wasted leads to billions of dollars lost each year, according to a new Gallup survey on the state of food waste in America. Until now, researchers have known little ...

The grocery subscription service for Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods is now live in 3,500 US cities and includes a free 30-day trial. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering ...

More than 2 billion people, about a third of the world’s population, face food insecurity. At the same time, a recent UN report estimated that more than 1 billion metric tons of food went to waste in ...