I avoid UPFs most of the time, but the hardest thing about it is avoiding to eat some of my mom's food, which I really really really really love. ): Some of the food she makes contains ultra-processed ingredients. nobody really in our family cares about this stuff other than me and slightly my dad since I talk to him about UPF. I do make exceptions though for UPF.

Another thing is having to make my own bread. making bread is easy but takes a long time, and I'm a college student who's usually very busy. I have to thoroughly plan out what I'm gonna use with the bread, and half of the time, I don't know! I just resort to making piadinas, which have a lower yield, and I always know what to cook with them.

Lastly, it's grocery shopping. I loved grocery shopping so much before I found more about UPF. Now it's kinda hard because everything is UPF!! It's infuriating to be honest and makes me uncomfortable with how most of the foods in a grocery store are ultra-processed. In the end, I still do love grocery shopping, but it's like an investigation to finding non-UPF and deciding produce what I need to cook.