Processed food is becoming a national favourite but canned sandwiches, cheese that stays fresh for years and ready meals high in salt, sugar and fat come with a worrying health and ecological footprint, reports Sarah Lewis-Hammond
Despite a growing organic food industry and the popularity of celebrity chefs, the UK's appetite for processed food is on the increase. Last year, the market for ready meals, pies and pasties was worth some £3.3 billion, a 12 per cent increase since 2005.
A study by Mintel suggested that 1.8 million people eat a microwave ready meal every single day, and that last year one in four people ate a Christmas dinner that was made entirely from pre-prepared food.
NOTE: And we thought false foods in America were grotesque, these sound vile just reading about them. Real people need REAL FOOD
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