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LEFT: 'Great Value' diet cranberry juice from Walmart gets the maximum score (100) for its poor nutritional value RIGHT: A bottle of 'organic' apple juice from Target fairs just as badly with 99 out of 100, with a cup containing almost a day's worth of sugar at 25g
As a healthier alternative to the Whole Foods salad, the database suggests various options, including an organic packaged salad kit from Whole Foods with just 29 calories per 100g serving and a chicken salad from the same retailer with zero sugar.
Run through January this encourages participants give up a personal pleasure such as alcohol, chocolate, social media for month to both show support to those affected by pancreatic cancer but also raise funds for the charity Pancreatic Cancer Action.
The meal replacement brand - aimed at providing 'all 26 essential vitamins and minerals, protein, essential fats, carbs, fibre and phytonutrients' in one portion - has become a must for social media savvy influencers; but has a heartwarming story at its origins.
Emma's sister Hayley Penfold, 51, told The Sun: 'She was back and forth to the doctors who told her to keep a food diary and put it down to multiple food intolerances, IBS symptoms, and wheat sensitivity.'
LEFT: A Pepperidge Farm Soft Honey Wheat loaf from Walmart was deemed one of the unhealthiest breads RIGHT: Smart 50 White Cheddar Popcorn from Target gets a score of 98 in the database. The entry shows that a 100g serving has 464 calories and ten food additives
Over recent years scientists have found that ultra processed foods can increase the risk of cardiovascular problems, diabetes, cancer and a whole host of other nasty health issues, aside from increasing the size of your waistband.
The researchers created the database, which anyone can access online and use to make healthier substitutes, because of there is no easy way for consumers to identify what foods are processed, highly processed, or ultra-processed.
While he admitted to struggling with his mental health during his younger years, James said it was around this time that he grappled with 'unhappiness' and 'depression' which resulted in 'real anger issues' in his early 30s.
James now praises the power of meditation and 'practising gratitude', and says the journey made him think more critically around philosophies on food in general. He now lives in Corby, Northamptonshire, with his wife of ten years, Melanie.
James, 52, a former bodybuilder, worked with entrepreneur Julian Hearn - who would go on to become the business's CMO - to develop the formula behind the offering, which made more than £200 million in revenue last year.
LEFT: From Whole Foods, a healthy foods for dogs-looking salad containing brussels sprouts, kale and shaved parmesan is scored at 93 RIGHT: A 100g serving of Quaker instant apple and cinnamon oats from Target has almost as much sugar as a Mars bar (30.5g) at 25.6g
While some studies have linked xanthan gum to health benefits such as weight loss and lower cholesterol, other research suggests it could trigger disruption in the gut and play a role in the development of bowel cancer.
Researchers have created the largest database of its kind which ranks tens of thousands of products from Target, Walmart and Whole Foods and scores foods out of 100 based on how processed they are and how many calories and sugar they packed.
The authors note while grocery stores may sell a large variety in terms of quantity of products and brands, 'the offered processing choices can be identical in multiple stores, limiting consumer nutritional choices to a narrow range'.
In 2014, came an email from entrepreneur Julian (who left school with dismal grades and began his career digging up roads) - and Huel (Human Fuel) was born. It led to the booming success that has now made him a multi-millionaire.
The new database reveals a surprising number of food and drinks which look healthy - such as salads, fruit juices, bags of trail mix, and oatmeal - but scored just as bad, if not worse, than some candy and confectionary.
After dropping out, he started a job digging up roads in Buckinghamshire, before eventually going back into education and then embarking upon a career in marketing. In 2014, he started Huel in his garage.
'The fact that I'd had a moment where I was critically ill, and I thought: I'm in so much agony here, Our Web Page if I get through this, I'm never going to go down again. I'm going to appreciate my life. And then I didn't. I didn't.'
The recipe for the plant-based, protein rich shakes came from former NHS dietician James Collier, whose passion from nutrition stemmed from seeing his mother's food habits shift after she was diagnosed with breast cancer when he was a child.
James, 52, a former bodybuilder, worked with entrepreneur Julian Hearn - who would go on to become the business's CMO - to develop the formula behind the offering, which made more than £200 million in revenue last year