Food
Hyperpalatable formulations can increase ad-libitum intake and reduce dietary quality.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.
Composite Rating
Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.
Evidence Intensity
100/100
High depth from human/RCT/meta counts
Community Direction
0
Mixed / Neutral • confidence Minimal
Safety Friction
54/100
Moderate signal from adverse/interaction markers
Data Completeness
100%
Studies 16 • mentions 0 • links 25
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Classification: limit.[1143,1300,2941, etc.]
Best fit: Users with overeating, cravings, and weight-regain history..[1143,1300,2941, etc.]
Goal alignment: Body Composition, Metabolic Health, Longevity.[1143,1300,2941, etc.]
Classification
Limit
Evidence Tier
HIGH
Best Fit
Users with overeating, cravings, and weight-regain history.
Primary Focus
Body Composition, Metabolic Health
Clinical Depth
Humans: 933 • RCTs: 39 • Meta: 36
Cohort / Real-World
Cohort signals: 299
Safety Markers
Adverse signals: 15 • Interactions: 0
Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item
Status
Trend
↑ Growing evidence base
Depth
933 total studies · 6 recent
Timeline
Total indexed
933
Human studies
933
Cohort signals
299
Randomized trials
39
Meta-analyses
36
Safety adverse signals
15
Weighted direction score: 0 (Mixed / Neutral)
High when there are >=2 human meta-analyses, or strong human trial/cohort volume with substantial human literature.
Total indexed
933
Human studies
933
Cohort signals
299
Randomized trials
39
Meta-analyses
36
Safety adverse signals
15
In vitro / tissue
2
Animal-only studies
0
Distribution of evidence by study design strength
Evidence Strength: High
PMID 37087831 • 2023 Jun
Ultra-processed food consumption and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 35807749 • 2022 Jun 21
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.
Nutrients
Open PubMedPMID 32792031 • 2021 Feb 14
Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health status: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Br J Nutr
Open PubMedBenefit reports: 0
Adverse reports: 0
No-effect reports: 0
Mixed reports: 0
Unclear reports: 0
Signal confidence: 0.00
Benefits
Adverse
No Effect
Community confidence 0.00 with mentions: benefit 0, adverse 0, no-effect 0.
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aggregate • unclear
No directional first-hand mentions captured in the current community corpus; source links are retained for traceability.
Open mentionEvidence Sources
PUBMED • Humans + preclinical triage
Counts from structured PubMed query set for diet/intake context.
Outcome: Humans 933, RCT 39, meta 36, cohort 299.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37087831 from Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[,, etc.]
No directional mention volume was resolved; fallback profile metadata is shown in other sections.
Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses
PMID 38688162 • 2024 Jun
Ultra-processed foods and human health: An umbrella review and updated meta-analyses of observational evidence.
Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 38832708 • 2024 Jun 1
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Am J Gastroenterol
Open PubMedPMID 34684391 • 2021 Sep 27
Ultra-Processed Foods and Nutritional Dietary Profile: A Meta-Analysis of Nationally Representative Samples.
Nutrients
Open PubMedPMID 29444771 • 2018 Feb 14
Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort.
BMJ
Open PubMedPMID 40882621 • 2025 Oct 7
Effect of ultra-processed food consumption on male reproductive and metabolic health.
Cell Metab
Open PubMedPMID 37070567 • 2023 Aug
Ultra-processed food consumption and BMI-Z among children at risk for obesity from low-income households.
Pediatr Obes
Open PubMedPMID 37343432 • 2023 Jul
Increased ultra-processed food consumption is associated with worsening of cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with metabolic syndrome: Longitudinal analysis from a randomized trial.
Atherosclerosis
Open PubMedPMID 40392756 • 2025 May
Identification and validation of poly-metabolite scores for diets high in ultra-processed food: An observational study and post-hoc randomized controlled crossover-feeding trial.
PLoS Med
Open PubMedPMID 37116658 • 2023 Jul
Effects of a School-Based Gardening, Cooking, and Nutrition Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial on Unprocessed and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption.
J Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 38418082 • 2024 Feb 28
Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses.
BMJ
Open PubMedPMID 31142457 • 2019 May 29
Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé).
BMJ
Open PubMedPMID 37866398 • 2024 Mar-Apr
Ultra-processed food consumption and children and adolescents' health.
J Pediatr (Rio J)
Open PubMedPMID 36854188 • 2023 Jul 1
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Three Large Prospective U.S. Cohort Studies.
Diabetes Care
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Community Sources
PUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 35807749 from Nutrients.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 32792031 from Br J Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38688162 from Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38832708 from Am J Gastroenterol.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 34684391 from Nutrients.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2018 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 29444771 from BMJ.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2025 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 40882621 from Cell Metab.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37070567 from Pediatr Obes.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37343432 from Atherosclerosis.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2025 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 40392756 from PLoS Med.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37116658 from J Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38418082 from BMJ.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2019 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 31142457 from BMJ.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 37866398 from J Pediatr (Rio J).
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 36854188 from Diabetes Care.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2941,3315,3719, etc.]
Open source