It's not about the process

Ultra-processed foods are consumers' current No. 1 food fear. Lately, that has put alt-meat — especially plant-based analogues — under the microscope.

But much like fat, GMOs and eggs before them, so-called "ultra-processed" alt-meat products aren't actually responsible for all of the health woes created by the Western diet.

To wit, a group of European researchers recently published the results of a cohort study that illuminates this very fact.…