By Hugo Francisco de Souza Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Mar 4 2026 A new review of sustainability assessment tools reveals a critical blind spot in how modern diets are evaluated, showing that the impacts of food processing and ultra-processed foods are often left out of sustainability calculations. Review: Do sustainable diets take food processing into account? A scoping review . Image Credit: grafvision / Shutterstock In a recent scoping review published in the journal  Public Health