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Applesauces, from least to most processed

We track 36 applesauces, 33% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Applesauce Unsweetened.

What makes applesauces ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (21)

  1. 1 Organic Applesauce Unsweetened 365 Whole Foods Market 1
  2. 2 Organic Apple Sauce Kirkland Signature · 90 g 1
  3. 3 Organic Apple Sauce Pouch Kirkland · 24x90g 1
  4. 4 unsweetened apple sauce No Name · 620 mL (21 fl Oz) 1
  5. 5 Unsweetened Apple Sauce Compliments · 620ml 1
  6. 6 Apple Snack Applesnax · 90g 1
  7. 7 Appleapple Fruit On The Go GoGo SQUEEZ · 32 oz 1
  8. 8 Apple Apple Gogo Squeez 1
  9. 9 Squeezable Apple Fruit Blend Lunch Buddies 1
  10. 10 Unsweetened Applesauce Aldi · 24 oz 1
  11. 11 No Sugar Added Applesauce Apple Mott's · 3.9 oz 1
  12. 12 Apple Sauce Apple Mott's 1
  13. 13 No Sugar Added Applesauce Simply Nature · 46 oz (1.3 kg) 1
  14. 14 Apple Sauce Tree Top · 1.34kg 1
  15. 15 Unsweetened applesauce Indian Summer FruitMates · 4.5 oz 1
  16. 16 No Sugar Added Applesauce Mott's · 23oz (652g) 1
  17. 17 Unsweetened Applesauce Royal Select · 15 oz (425g) 1
  18. 18 Unsweetened Applesauce Great Value 1
  19. 19 Organic Apple Strawberry Fruit Sauce Crushers Trader Joe's 1
  20. 20 Applesauce Apple Blend Simply Nature · 24 oz 1
  21. 21 Organic Variety Pack (Apple Apple/Apple Strawberry/Apple Banana/Apple Peach) Fruit Sauce GoGo SqueeZ · 24 x 90 g 1

Processed food (3)

  1. 22 Fruitsations Unsweetened Mott's · 6 x 104 mL 3
  2. 23 Organic Applesauce Simply Truth · 126 g 3
  3. 24 Cinnamon Apple Sauce Musselman's · 1.36 kg 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 25 Organic apple sauce Trader Joe's · 16 oz 4
  2. 26 Mott's Granny Smith Unsweetened applesauce Mott's 4
  3. 27 No Sugar Added Applesauce Cinnamon Mott's 4
  4. 28 Mor Annas Äppelmos Onos 4
  5. 29 tesco bramley apple sauce Tesco · 270g 4
  6. 30 Bramley apple sauce Waitrose · 20g 4
  7. 31 Unsweetened applesauce Mott's · 666 g 4
  8. 32 Bramley Apple Sauce Aldi · 270 g 4
  9. 33 Äppelmos Original Bob · 730 g 4
  10. 34 Colmans Apple Sauce Colman's · 155g 4
  11. 35 Apple sauce Asda 4
  12. 36 Cinnamon Applesauce Mott's · 4.0 oz 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.