The REAL Reason We LOVE Ultra Processed Foods (It's not taste!)

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@pridefall3304 Ай бұрын

This is why Sunday is cooking day for the whole week. You can have the same result with a homemade meal on a weekday if you plan for it on the weekend. But that also assumes you have enough time in your schedule on the weekend to meal prep

@PrivateKero Ай бұрын

I think the main point of this video is that it's more convenient to just buy ready-made food. However, I don't like the lasagna example. I would say that it's a commitment to just go for a lasagna if you want to cook something. It's just not a dish that you can make in a few minutes. There are other dishes for that. What's more, depending on how well you plan, you can also prepare some of the work and freeze the portions at the end. So I can tell you what's even better than buying and eating ready meals. Eating at your mother's house. You don't have to buy ingredients or cook! easy win!

@giorgiosironi6221 Ай бұрын

Yes, I get the points of comparison, but lasagne is something that should never be attempted on a week day. And it's not a healthy meal either, it's more for celebrations and special occasions. A fairer comparison would be a relatively quick curry with rice: same level of complexity but reasonable cooking time and good healthy options for high protein or low fat.

@OliM9595 Ай бұрын

with my lasagne i make a huge batch and freeze it off in oven proof containers so all i need to do in the week is pop in the oven to cook

@mattfrancis4569 Ай бұрын

ive just started doing that with roast potato's , i reheat in air fryer . good tip thanks

@TheTacticalHaggis Ай бұрын

I do this with lasagna, cream chicken pasta, stews. Almost all of my food is meal prep just because I know if I don't do it, I won't eat during the week.

@TheXeeman Ай бұрын

you missed out the fact that you reheated your ultra processed food in plastic. You're leeching phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals. Not to mention theres probably a heck load of microplastics from the packaging and processing stage. You also chose a heck of a complicated recipe to cook from.

@AdlamGaming Ай бұрын

Nice video! I’d love to see this experiment but with a recipe more in line with the ingredient list of the ready meal. I think if someone was making lasagna more often they’d likely have time servers as well and shortcuts that bring it somewhere between the two options here

@LepinayAlix Ай бұрын

The time issue is a false issue. It's just a matter of planning. You can make the ragu (the meat sauce) on Sunday, you make enough for spaghetti bologonese that you cook on Monday and for the lasagna on Tuesday. Making a béchamel is quick in the making... you just need experience to make time ans space for cooking and some culinary knowledge to cook and enjoy it. My priority is my health so I prefer improving my skills to cook healthy managing my time and still have time to enjoy watching TV series, playing video game, etc etc... it's up to you.

@jamesmckay9601 Ай бұрын

Great video with great insight! The work you do for consumers in the UK is amazing! Keep up the good work and keep us all informed

@x-marks-x5137 13 күн бұрын

Great video ! Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮!😊

@aunnaqvi3133 Ай бұрын

Managed to cut out dessert entirely, only sweet things i have are some drinks, protein snacks and fruit. However, I cannot cut out my chips, fried chicken and pizza, they're just too good. I try to enjoy life a litte, after all I dont drink much alcohol nor do I smoke, everyone has their vice :) Live a little

@hughmann7785 Ай бұрын

Or that people are generally not good at planing and cooking simple meals at home.

@r.wallaby6490 Ай бұрын

Time was the first thought that popped into my head when I saw the title xD

@Chance2013 Ай бұрын

Great video. Really enjoyed watching. I thought shop bought lasagne would be a prime example of UPF. Interesting.

@tylermorriscomms Ай бұрын

I'm off to treat myself to an M&S best ever lasanga, is it has no UPF ingrediants too, after contemplating making lasagne for weeks. Amazing video, and great to have you back on KZbin!

@jonathanmoody8757 Ай бұрын

When comparing the ingredients, you must look at the ingredient list instead of macronutrients for the quality of the ingredients. The only ingredients I see on that package that are not good are sugar and rapeseed oil (seed oils are bad). Plus I think that being in the UK, you probably have higher quality ingredients than we have in America. I'm a home cook and I work a job, and what I do is cook a large meal on the weekend and have leftovers for the week.

@Ebru3820 Ай бұрын

Great video! I love how you displayed the comparison of both days parallel to each other. Yet I do believe you can cut the time for the homecooked meal drastically if you plan meals ahead and shop accordingly. And if you have a partner they can do the cleanup after or help with the meal, which is spending time together too. But alas, I do love my occasional cup noodles, so who am I to judge?

@loveinseattle Ай бұрын

Valiant effort, but lasagna isn't exactly a weekday meal? Plus it usually yields a lot of servings that can be good for several days. Hopefully once you've made that lasagna you'd be good for the next two dinners at least? I cook from scratch for my family of 4 every single day, while working full time. I can't lie and say it's easy, because it isn't, and it definitely takes up a ton of my time, but I never have to look up recipes or do daily grocery trips. Usually I'm done the entire process of prepping, cooking, and cleaning up in 2 hours or so.

@boblebob Ай бұрын

There's no way a home made lasagna costs more per portion than a shop bought one

@davidlewis1787 Ай бұрын

I am sure that the ‘homemade food is more expensive’ argument was spawned by the junk food industry. I make all my food from scratch and my monthly food bill is less than £200

@lutra-lutra Ай бұрын

Also, store bought lasagna has 2 servings, you can eat in in two days, and than get something else. Homemade is at least 6 servings, so you will have to eat it for one week or freeze it. it's really difficult to make one serving portion at home. That is why, us single poeple choose to get "ultra processed" (=convenient) food

@browolf Ай бұрын

I have air fried veg bĺended into sauce, whole wheat spaghetti steamed green veg and it takes less than 20min to make

@user-we1br6gq3z Ай бұрын

Looks a bit unfair to me, the homemade recipe that was picked isn’t really a weekday meal. If a ready-made goo seems like the only solution then maybe it’s time to rethink what a regular dinner is. Home-cooked looks like it has a lot more ingredients (and the wild goose chase for herbs could have been cut, realistically - I just do without or have alternatives in the cupboard). Saying someone strapped for cash could have used the time to work instead is so grim. I’d hate normalising the grind at the expense of a couple of hours of freedom spent making something for yourself. At this point, let’s all optimise our sleep and work 20 hours a day. And finally, cooking can be a genuinely pleasant moment to unwind with your significant other - since that was mentioned in the ready-meal advantages. It also cuts a lot of the cooking/cleaning time.

@clowyhills1870 Ай бұрын

I mean that's the point of buying a meal than making it. Saves time and effort

@nooraal-muhannadi948 Ай бұрын

Great video👍🏼

@nouramouctar817 Ай бұрын

Groceries have gotten so expensive in this country that ordering and getting ready meals are more cost effective and it’s so annoying and baffling 🤦🏽‍♀️

@TheTacticalHaggis Ай бұрын

That's just not true in the slightest. Why are you lying? Ordering takeaway is cheaper than buying groceries?

@caked3953 Ай бұрын

Depend heavily on what you eat. Lasagna maybe, but things like stews or pasta are something else

@dianaquill9969 Ай бұрын

8:06 This would have an insanely different result if it was done in America. You can't escape the preservatives and high salt content in over processed foods here.

@davidlewis1787 Ай бұрын

Make a big lasagne and freeze 10 portions. Dinner made once a week for 10 weeks. Easy

@Michelleaneous_ Ай бұрын

Wow - genuinely such a thoughtful and well-summised video! You really articulated everything so perfectly. I had an aunt who always used to call me lazy for eating ready meals or pre-prepared food while I was a student - but is it really lazy when you have more time on your hands to complete other priorities or to just... relax a little because you're a student with very little free time? It's a pretty privileged position to universally castigate these quick and convenient foods and those who consume them. I just try to save some money where I can to buy more expensive but less ultra-processed foods and I think that works out pretty well!

@veronikaceza8674 Ай бұрын

Very good comparison !

@tacticalidiots2340 Ай бұрын

If you do a weekly shop for common ingredients on say Saturday and also chop it all up so when you cook its just chucking it all together it's a lot easier. But it's still not easier than just buying a frozen meal and as someone who regularly does 7 days a week work the most complicated meal I do is stir fry with a bag of pre cut veggies only way home cooking is manageable is having more than 1 person in your household Also I don't know about you but I'd be drinking rum the whole cooking process 🤣

@George-j4c Ай бұрын

Which one tasted better though? Maybe if the homemade one was superior (based on how they looked)you could have stripped out some of the ingredients to make a more comparable taste experience?

@TheTacticalHaggis Ай бұрын

There's no excuse for an adult to not know hot to cook.

@letmarie Ай бұрын

The microwaveable lasagna isn't UPF then?

@GavinWren Ай бұрын

Well, arguably it could be considered NOVA 3 processed as opposed NOVA 4 ultra-processed. It really sits on the boundary and many ready meal lasagnes are UPF, e.g. one of the others that I looked at in the video was defintiely UPF. This is one of the issues with UPF is that the boundaries are a bit fuzzy.

@letmarie Ай бұрын

Me eating my UPF because I couldn't cook a homemade meal right now