The NOVA classification system is used to ascertain whether foods are minimally processed, processed or ‘ultra-processed’. A new study has found that people’s perceptions of foods and their processing ...

Current food classification systems for processed foods lack consistency and consensus often leading to confusion and debate even amongst scientists, a new study in the journal Trends in Food Science ...

Sir, – In 2009, Prof Carlos Monteiro of the University of Sao Paulo published a paper proposing a new classification of foods which he named as the “Nova” classification, with four main categories ...

Since Brazilian nutritionist Carlos Monteiro coined the term ultra-processed foods (UPF) in 2009 as the most processed category in the Nova classification system, research and campaigning have ...

The Food Standards Agency has dismissed speculation that it has already decided to exempt meat and dairy products from the controversial nutrient profiling model that will underpin the classification ...