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Is My Breakfast Cereal ‘Ultraprocessed’?

Are all breakfast cereals considered ultraprocessed foods—even the basic, non-fancy ones I buy like cornflakes, Special K, and Wheat Chex?

There are degrees of “processing,” and various definitions of what “ultraprocessed” means—and while many if not most ready-to-eat cereals w...

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