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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Jan 4;137:107427. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107427

Table 1.

Sample Daily Menus for the 2000 kcal Standard Lead-in, UPF, and Non-UPF Diets.

Standardized Lead-In (59% UPF) UPF (81% UPF) Non-UPF (0% UPF)
Breakfast Eggo waffles with blueberries, served with apple juice and whole milk. Eggo waffles with syrup, served with orange juice Homemade waffles with blueberries and pure maple syrup
Lunch Ultra-processed beef patty on commercial white bun with lettuce and ketchup Ultra-processed beef patty on commercial whole wheat bun with lettuce 100% ground beef patty with salt on a homemade white bun with lettuce
Dinner Salted chicken breast cooked in canola oil, served over whole grain pasta with broccoli, carrots, and parmesan cheese Stouffer’s Lasagna with Meat and Sauce (frozen meal) Salted chicken breast cooked in canola oil, served over whole grain pasta with broccoli, carrots, and parmesan cheese
Snack Chips Ahoy! Cookies, served with Minute Maid Lemonade Chips Ahoy! Cookies, apple slices with peanut butter, and carrots, served with Minute Maid Lemonade and whole milk Banana, rice cakes with natural peanut butter, served with homemade lemonade and coconut water
Optional Module Ritz crackers with cheddar cheese, ham, Skittles, and raspberries Ritz crackers with American cheese, turkey, Skittles, and raspberries Good Thins rice crackers with cheddar cheese, ham, cantaloupe, and natural fruit licorice candy

UPF: Ultra-processed Foods.