By City A.M. Reporter City A.M.’s weekly feature takes the fiercest water-cooler debates and pits two candidates head to head before delivering The Judge’s ultimate verdict. Ultra-processed food (UPF) has become a hot topic in the last couple of years, referring to mass-produced food such as cereal, fizzy drinks, ice cream and bread. If it has additives or preservatives in it, it’s a UPF. But is the panic a fad? Or is it killing us slowly? The Debate: Are UPFs driving obesity? Yes: UPFs undergo processing that makes them hyper-palatable and non-fillingThe case for ultra-processed foods (UPFs) …