🔼: [[⭐️ Nutrition]] # Unprocessed or Minimally Processed Foods[^1] --- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods contain all of the vitamins and nutrients of their composing ingredients. These foods are in a natural or nearly natural state and are easy to spot. - They typically have five or less ingredients. - You can often distinguish the original ingredients in the final product. - The label's list of ingredients is familiar. They might be altered by the removal of inedible parts, drying, drushing, raosting, boiling, freezing, or pasteurization. ## Examples of Unprocessed or Minimally Processed Foods - Carrots - Apples - Raw chicken - Melon - Raw, unslated nuts - RXBARs ## Related - [[⭐️ Nutrition]] - [[💡 Processed Foods]] - [[💡 Ultra-Processed Foods]] [^1]: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-are-ultra-processed-foods-and-are-they-bad-for-our-health-2020010918605