title: Response to two Letters to the Editor: we maintain that ultra-processed supermarket foods are less healthy than their minimally processed counterparts.
authors.affiliation: 1National Institute for Health InnovationSchool of Population HealthTamaki CampusThe University of AucklandPrivate Bag 92019,Auckland Mail CentreAuckland 1142,New ZealandEmail:w.waterlander@nihi.auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Wilma E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Waterlander
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care ResearchFaculty of Earth and Life SciencesVU University AmsterdamAmsterdam,the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Claire M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Luiten
authors.affiliation: 1National Institute for Health InnovationSchool of Population HealthTamaki CampusThe University of AucklandPrivate Bag 92019,Auckland Mail CentreAuckland 1142,New ZealandEmail:w.waterlander@nihi.auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eyles
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care ResearchFaculty of Earth and Life SciencesVU University AmsterdamAmsterdam,the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ingrid Hm
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Steenhuis
mesh_terms: D002149:Energy Intake; D057140:Fast Foods; D006801:Humans