Alfredo sauces, from least to most processed

We track 18 alfredo sauces, 94% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Vegan Alfredo Pasta Sauce.

What makes alfredo sauces ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of alfredo sauces that contain each:

Processed food (1)

  1. 1 Vegan Alfredo Pasta Sauce Primal Kitchen NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (17)

  1. 2 Alfredo Yo Mama's · 16oz NOVA group 4
  2. 3 Mushroom Alfredo Sauce Bertolli · 61 g NOVA group 4
  3. 4 Four Cheese Alfredo Rao's Homemade · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  4. 5 Alfredo Rao's Homemade · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  5. 6 Alfredo Sauce Simple Truth Organic NOVA group 4
  6. 7 Roasted Garlic Alfredo Rao's Homemade · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  7. 8 Carbone Alfredo Carbone · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  8. 9 Homestyle Alfredo Prego · 411 g NOVA group 4
  9. 10 Creamy Basil Alfredo Sauce Bertolli · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  10. 11 Alfredo Pasta Sauce Trader Joe's · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  11. 12 Alfredo Sauce Bertolli · 15 oz (425 g) NOVA group 4
  12. 13 Creamy Alfredo Sauce Priano NOVA group 4
  13. 14 Classic Alfredo Sauce Ragu · 16 oz (454 g) NOVA group 4
  14. 15 Alfredo Classico · 410 mL NOVA group 4
  15. 16 Roasted Garlic Alfredo Pasta Sauce Classico · 15 oz (425 g) NOVA group 4
  16. 17 Cole white Prego Prego NOVA group 4
  17. 18 Garlic Alfredo Bertolli · 15 oz NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.