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Article History
Received: 24 February 2025
Accepted: 11 June 2025
First Online: 4 August 2025
Competing interests
: S.J.D. receives royalties from Amazon for a self-published book that mentions UPF, payments from Red Pen Reviews as a contributor, consultancy work for Consensus and Androlabs and travel fees from a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant, (AFRI project 1033399) for a workshop on food processing classifications. R.L.B. reports honoraria from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Medscape, ViiV Healthcare and International Medical Press and advisory board and consultancy work for Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Gila Therapeutics, Epitomee Medical and ViiV Healthcare and from May 2023 is an employee and shareholder of Eli Lilly and Company. A.B. declares researcher-led grants from Novo Nordisk and honoraria from Novo Nordisk, Lilly, Office of Health Improvement and Disparity, Johnson and Johnson and Obesity UK outside the submitted work and is on the Medical Advisory Board and shareholder of Reset Health Clinics Ltd. C.A.M.G.W.-K. is a shareholder in Queen Square Analytics. J.M. reports institutional funding from Novo Nordisk, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals and Innovate UK outside the submitted work. C.v.T. receives royalties for a book on UPF and has been paid for other broadcasting on this subject (podcast and BBC documentaries). B.N. reports honoraria from Cook Medical, and research support from Aqua Medical. The other authors declare no competing interests.