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Letter: I'm going to process my cake and eat (most of) it

Published 15 November 2023

From Colin Reynolds, Marple, Greater Manchester, UK

When it comes to ultra-processed foods, I find myself cooked into a corner. I have made my grandson’s birthday cake using the finest ingredients: dark chocolate, butter, cream, organic flour and so on, but it required a lot of processing by me. Am I condemning him to a life of health misery? I think the answer is to consume most of it myself, as my few remaining years are going to be racked by ill health anyway (28 October, p 40).

Issue no. 3465 published 18 November 2023

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