Synopsis
Ultra-processed foods contain chemicals that regulators say are safe, but there is emerging evidence of a link between some of these chemicals and cancer, diabetes and strokes.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Ultra-Processed Food: A Recipe for Ill Health?
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2023
- Science
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