It's remarkable how much better you feel once you start cutting out the crap isn't it?
We haven't aimed to cut it all out, but try to stick to 80% UPF free as Chris Van Tulleken suggests. That has felt sensible and realistic for us and means that we have focused on eliminating the worst UPF culprits whilst still aiming for convenience.
Bread is now the Jasons brand and wraps are Crosta and Mollica piadina flatbreads. Both are convenient without being full of rubbish and actually fill you up properly unlike cheap, white bread. I've found that Warburtons etc now just feels weirdly soft and paste-like when I chew it now I'm used to better bread.
We swapped yoghurts to Longley Farm or Yeo Valley flavoured yoghurts as they are just milk, fruit and sugar. Or greek yoghurt with some honey is also nice.
We have swapped sliced ham for parma or serrano ham which is just pork leg and salt.
Biscuits for shop bought all butter shortbread.
McCain Naked oven chips or homemade potato wedges.
Cereal is porridge or shredded wheat normally but I don't worry about Weetabix..... it's a world away from them having Frosties or something like that.
Lots of plain salted crisps are fine for snacks, as is popcorn and dark chocolate if you check the brands.
Pip and Nut peanut butter is the best I've found.
Heinz do some jarred pasta sauces that aren't UPF.
For ice cream, some are OK e.g Haagen Daz vanilla but I've started making my own and it's really easy. Just whip a large tub of double cream with a tin of condensed milk until it forms soft peaks and then stir through your flavourings and freeze. Fresh raspberries are really nice in it or I've done peanut butter and dark chocolate.
In general we eat a lot more simply.
Breakfasts are things like porridge, shredded wheat, granola etc.
Lunches are parma ham, cheese, tuna or peanut butter sandwiches with proper butter instead of margarine. Or omelettes, jacket potatoes, or eggs on toast.
Dinners are meat, fish, rice, pasta, potatoes, veg etc. Just normal home cooked food.
Snacks are fruit and yoghurt or cheese and oatcakes.
I find that this way, nobody feels deprived and I don't worry about things we don't eat a lot of (like stock cubes, seed oils etc.) I don't worry about the kids having the odd supermarket pizza if they've had home cooked dinners the rest of the week. It has to be sustainable for us so a reduction in UPF rather than a total elimination is what has worked for us.