The experts: dietitians on 20 ways to cut down on UPFs while still eating what you love

“If you were to go into your garden and pick a lettuce, then that’s definitely not going to be processed in any way,” says Priya Tew, a dietitian from Southampton. “But once the lettuce gets washed and put into a bag, it has had some form of processing. And then if we go all the way through to when these things have had lots of added ingredients and have been changed in terms of the way that they have been put together, then that is going to be ultra-processed.”