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Artisan products, from least to most processed

We track 10 artisan products, 30% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Chicken Marsala Linguine.

What makes artisan products ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Chicken Marsala Linguine Rana · .12 oz 1

Processed food (6)

  1. 2 honey Kelley’s honey farms · 48 oz 3
  2. 3 Manuka Honey Egmont · 8.82 oz 3
  3. 4 Raw sharp cheddar Organic valley · 6 oz 3
  4. 5 Boogie IPA Duckpond Brewing · 330 ml 3
  5. 6 foxes rock Kellogg's 3
  6. 7 Bread Beckmann’s german farm bread · 32 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 8 Gouda Cheese Cabot Creamery · 1 oz 4
  2. 9 Egg White Wraps Roasted Garlic & Herb Egglife · 6 oz 4
  3. 10 Thin sliced 100% whole wheat bread Simone Truth · 556 g 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.