Beyond nutrient-based food indices: a data mining approach to search for a quantitative holistic index reflecting the degree of food processing and including physicochemical properties

Fardet A., Lakhssassi S., Briffaz A.
2018

Processing has major impacts on both the structure and composition of food and hence on nutritional value. In particular, high consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is associated with increased risks of obesity and diabetes. Unfortunately, existing food indices only focus on food nutritional content while failing to consider either food structure or the degree of processing. The objectives ...

Traitement et conservation des produits alimentaires; Composition des produits alimentaires; Documentation et information; Méthodes de recherche