How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket

The long read: It’s cheap, attractive and convenient, and we eat it every day – it’s difficult not to. But is ultra-processed food making us ill and driving the global obesity crisis?

Quitting lattes: a small change that saves cash, calories and carbon

Retraining your palate to accept black coffee takes longer than you might expect, but the benefits can be manifold

Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?

A glass of dairy milk produces almost three times more greenhouse gas than any plant-based milk. But vegan options have drawbacks of their own

Hooked on precut fruit: I must be infected by Goop

Mangoes, melons: ounce for ounce, they’re probably more expensive than heroin, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Mindful eating gurus call for silence at the table. Where’s the fun in that?

Let’s hear it for mindless eating: for noise and clamour, for shouting and burping

The Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson review – strategies for eating in a world of change

The 21st-century diet consists of ‘unhealthy food, eaten in a hurry’. How did we enter this ‘food hell’?

‘I end up eating quinoa in my pants at 11pm’: my year of living (a bit more) healthily

Last January Romesh Ranganathan decided he wanted to get fitter and feel better. Could he stick to his plan?

Food in 2050: bacon grown on blades of grass and bioreactor chicken nuggets

One way or another, our diet is going to be transformed. But will it be better or worse for us and the planet?

Sugar rush: how dates went from rare luxury to healthfood sensation

Once an occasional treat in the UK, dates are now a staple of ‘healthy’ eating. But can something that is 80% sugar really be good for us?

UK supermarkets ‘not transparent enough’ about pesticide use

Information not routinely displayed on labels of food and gardening items, report finds