This week, 7NEWS Spotlight turns its attention to ultra-processed foods, with Liam Bartlett investigating how these products became so widespread, what they contain and the concerns being raised about their impact on our health.
The investigation comes as Australians face growing scrutiny over what goes into the food they buy, following recent investigations into food production, labelling and what can end up on supermarket shelves.
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They’re in our supermarkets, cupboards, and lunchboxes. But do we really know what we’re eating?
Ultra-processed foods have become a major part of the modern Australian diet – and they’re often the very things we think of as healthy, convenient, and nutritious.
In this 7NEWS Spotlight special investigation to air on Sunday at 8.45pm on Seven and 7Plus, Liam Bartlett goes inside the booming world of ultra-processed products, uncovering what’s really in the foods filling our supermarket shelves – and the growing concerns about what they could be doing to our health.
Experts reveal Australians may be consuming far more ultra-processed food than they realise, and far more regularly.
Bartlett’s investigation takes viewers from Australian supermarket aisles to the United States, uncovering the history behind the rise of ultra-processed foods – including the disturbing role played by some of the world’s biggest tobacco companies.
Could the same science once used to sell cigarettes have helped create foods designed to keep us coming back for more?
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Plus, 7NEWS Spotlight speaks to researchers, doctors and families confronting the health consequences firsthand, while asking whether Australia’s food labelling systems are giving shoppers enough information to understand exactly what they’re buying.
What we uncover will forever change the way you see your supermarket trolley.
7NEWS Spotlight Investigates: Hidden dangers in modern foods airs tonight, Sunday 6th September, at 8.45pm on Seven and 7plus.
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