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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Breakfast:
coffee (whole beans bought at costco -Mayorga brand - ground at home) with a splash of organic whole milk
french toast - made with purchased brioche bread from costco, eggs, whole milk, cinnamon, sugar, organic maple syrup grade A
bacon (yeah, I know that one!)

Lunch:
turkey sandwich with multigrade sourdough from whole foods bakery, turkey from a pre-cooked costco turkey breast sliced at home, lettuce and tomato from our CSA, peach from our CSA

Dinner: 
stirfry with pork tenderloin, bok choy from our CSA, ginger, garlic, spices
white jasmine rice in instant pot

Obviously the bacon is ultra-processed. Is the turkey breast? Is the bread? Just really curious - thanks![/quote]

I would not call the brioche ultra processed, just processed. I looked up the ingredients and the only ones that connotes ultra processing are modified food starch (the very last one in the list of items that are less than 2% and enzymes. Enzymes aren't an ingredient in your kitchen, but they are produced by yeast or if you were to add lactobacillus to the dough the bacteria would add enzymes. They would be used to make rising consistent. No preservatives other than cultured wheat flour, which is natural. Bakery sourdough I would also consider processed.

Bacon is processed, not ultra processed or even highly processed( it's still a slice off the pork belly). Your turkey breast contains turkey broth and a little sea salt, sugar. USDA definition of broth is water meat is cooked in, plus seasonings). So it's processed, but no more than you could do in your own kitchen. 
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If your bacon has smoke flavor, I would say that's group 4. Smoke flavor has nothing to do with preservation.

As for the enzymes, I wonder if that's just a by product of yeast products and you can't eliminate it. [/quote]

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