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Apricots, from least to most processed

We track 8 apricots, 38% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Apricots Soft & Succulent Dried Turkish Apricots.

What makes apricots ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Organic Apricots Soft & Succulent Dried Turkish Apricots Sunny Fruit 1
  2. 2 Apricot halves in fruit juice Essential Waitrose · 410 g 1

Processed food (3)

  1. 3 Apricots Sunrise Naturals Foods 3
  2. 4 Apricots dried fruit Target Stores 3
  3. 5 Apricots Sainsbury's · 500g 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 6 Apricot halves in fruit juice Sainsbury's 4
  2. 7 Delightfuls Apricot Indulgence Robern · 200g 4
  3. 8 Clif Bar, Apricot Clifbar 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.