About the Authors

Leila Abar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Eurídice Martínez Steele

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sang Kyu Lee

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Biostatistics Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa Kahle

Roles Resources

Affiliation Information Management Services, Inc. Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Steven C. Moore

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Eleanor Watts

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Caitlin P. O’Connell

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Charles E. Matthews

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kirsten A. Herrick

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kevin D. Hall

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lauren E. O’Connor

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Neal D. Freedman

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Rashmi Sinha

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Hyokyoung G. Hong

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Biostatistics Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Erikka Loftfield

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

erikka.loftfield@nih.gov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: LEO is principal investigator on a grant administered by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA #2022-07671) to coordinate a workshop to establish a research roadmap for the future of food processing, processed food, and human health research. Collaborators on this grant include scientists from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) with special input from General Mills and Academic Institutions. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.