Should We Eat More Processed Foods?

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🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Processed food is bad for you, right? Well, there’s more to this story. As new technologies create foods that can’t be made in home kitchens, such as plant-based meats and dairy products made with plant proteins, the question of whether we should all be consuming more highly processed foods is up for debate. Advocates say a substantial increase in food processing is the best way to feed growing human populations while also reducing food waste. We should trust – and invest – in food technology that can make our global food supply healthier and more sustainable, including highly or ultra-processed foods. Opponents argue that these kinds of foods are often less nutritious, and are commonly linked to adverse health indices, particularly when it comes to ultra-processing. As this debate blooms, Intelligence Squared partners with the Institute of Food Technologists to debate this question: Should We Eat More Processed Foods? Arguing in favor of the motion is Amy Webb and Michael Gibney. Arguing against the motion is Kevin Hall and Marion Nestle. Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.0	Good morning, everybody. What better way to start the day than waking up to a nice breakfast
0:37.3	and then having a lovely debate, right, afterwards. And better way to start the day than waking up to a nice breakfast and then having a
0:38.2	lovely debate right afterwards.
0:40.9	And I just have to say, wow, a room full of food scientists.
0:46.6	And with all of you here, I'm tempted to start out with a quick poll by applause to get you
0:50.3	to clap and answer to this question.
0:52.0	How many of you here actually had breakfast this morning?
0:57.7	All right, a sizable number of you.
0:59.2	If we had time for it, I would really like to keep going with that question
1:02.3	and asking who had what and who consumed anything that we might call ultra-processed,
1:07.9	because that's what this debate is going to be about.
1:12.9	It's yes or no to this question,
1:20.6	should we eat more processed food? And it is a pleasure for us at Intelligence Square to be here before this group, the annual gathering of the Institute of Food Technologists. You are people who
1:24.7	know food, you know the tech behind food processing.
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