The first step of health: Skip the Nutri Score and embark on NOVA!

Processed foods are associated with a higher risk of all causes of mortality and CV mortality. Association studies are of poor value about the causal relationship.

https://world.openfoodfacts.org/nova

• Group 1 — Unprocessed or minimally processed foods. These are either unprocessed foods or foods that have undergone minimal processing, such as cooking or pasteurization.
• Group 2 — Processed culinary ingredients. These derive from nature or group 1 foods. They include olive oil, salt, maple syrup, and other items which people may use to prepare group 1 foods.
• Group 3 — Processed foods. These are foods created using items from groups 1 and 2, such as bread and cheese.
• Group 4 — Ultra-processed food and drink products. Manufacturers have formulated these food products to be tasty, cheap to buy, and easy to prepare. They include few to no products from group 1 and often contain fats, salt, preservatives, stabilizers, food coloring, artificial flavoring, and refined grains.

https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab783/6446064?redirectedFrom=fulltext