On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:58:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I just looked this up because I realized that I really didn't know for sure.
> But it looks to me like if it isn't raw meat, fruit or vegetables, it is
> processed.
>
> Nuts out of the shell are processed. Milk is processed. So are cheese and
> yogurt. If it's frozen? It's processed. Even if it is simply vegetables
> or fruit with nothing added. Flour would be processed. So would rice and
> pasta of all kinds. Anything in a can is processed. Dried foods are
> processed. If you cook it? You've processed it.
>
> So I'd be willing to bet that unless you are a raw vegan whole foodist, you
> are eating processed foods!
>

I think most people are thinking of foods with additives/preservatives
when they think "processed".

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