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Nutrition researchers generally define ultraprocessed foods as items containing ingredients that wouldn’t generally be found in a home kitchen, such as emulsifiers—used to improve the texture of food—and high-fructose corn syrup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

S&P refers to the index as containing 500 “leading” companies.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

To investigate these effects, scientists tracked DNA methylation, a common epigenetic modification in which chemical groups containing carbon and hydrogen atoms attach to promoter regions that regulate whether genes are turned on or off.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

She recalled a distressing incident during a school open day where Hannah was nearly served food containing milk.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Each of us has a paper posted at our workstation containing the numbers for these emergency services so that when we’re asked to patch someone through, we don’t have to think twice.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse