Ally,

Processed foods basically are anything that comes packaged.  Things that come out of the ground or off trees and onto your plate or in your pot are not processed.  Processed are what food companies do when they take those fruits and vegetables and then cook them, run them through machines; add vitamins, minerals, and chemicals to them; and put them on the shelf or freezer where they can last for months if not years sitting there.

Cool that you are a vet nurse.  Do you have your own pets?

Mark