Baby foods, from least to most processed

We track 93 baby foods, 44% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is prunes.

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What makes baby foods ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (23)

  1. 1 prunes Ella's kitchen · 70 g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Mangoes Mamia · 70g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 For Baby Apples Watties · 120 g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Majskrokar Oho! · 150g NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Strawberry and banana smoothie melts Kiddylicious NOVA group 1
  6. 6 US US KIDDYLICIOUS 12+ it's delicious MONTHS straw Kiddylicious NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Apple rice cakes Mamia · 40g NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Prunes Beech-Nut NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Yogurt Smoothie Melts Amara · 4 oz NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Organix apple rice cake clouds Organix · 18 NOVA group 1
  11. 11 Red burst NOVA group 1
  12. 12 Homemade Heinz · 100 g NOVA group 1
  13. 13 Apple & Blueberries Pouch Heinz by nature NOVA group 1
  14. 14 Mango Breakfast NOVA group 1
  15. 15 Organic The Red One Pouch 6+ Months NOVA group 1
  16. 16 Fruit Splits - Strawberry And Apple Bear NOVA group 1
  17. 17 Whoel Grain Multi-Grain Cereal Earth's Best · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  18. 18 banana pineapple avacado granola HappyTot NOVA group 1
  19. 19 Organic Immunity Blend Apple, Cherry & Elderberry Once Upon a Farm NOVA group 1
  20. 20 Organic Oatmeal Cereal Gerber · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  21. 21 Ella's kitchen Cheery chicken roast with stuffing Ella's Kitchen NOVA group 1
  22. 22 oatmeal cereal Gerber NOVA group 1
  23. 23 Cereal for Baby Gerber · 8 oz NOVA group 1

Processed food (29)

  1. 24 Nutty Puffs - Organic Peanut Butter Mission MightyMe · 42 g NOVA group 3
  2. 25 Päron & äpple Semper · 190 g NOVA group 3
  3. 26 Strawberry Greek Style Yoghurt Asda · 90 g NOVA group 3
  4. 27 Persika äpple & päron Semper · 190 g NOVA group 3
  5. 28 Organic Fruit & Veggie Puffs Once Upon A Farm · NET WT 1.5OZ (42.5G) NOVA group 3
  6. 29 Organic Blueberry & Goji Rice Rusks Want-Want · 50g NOVA group 3
  7. 30 Organic Sweetcorn + Carrot Melty Sticks 7 Months Ella's Kitchen NOVA group 3
  8. 31 Dairy free with coconut milk Ella's Kitchen · 90g NOVA group 3
  9. 32 Melties with probiotics Beech Nut NOVA group 3
  10. 33 Gingerbread men biscuits Organix · 100 g NOVA group 3
  11. 34 Ella's Kitchen Melty Puffs Strawberries + Bananas Ella's kitchen · 20g NOVA group 3
  12. 35 strawberry and banana melty stix NOVA group 3
  13. 36 Mini Gingerbread Men Organix · 20g NOVA group 3
  14. 37 Saucy Tomato Noughts & Crosses+ Months 4 x (60g) Organix NOVA group 3
  15. 38 organix mini cheese crackers Organix · 20g NOVA group 3
  16. 39 12 ITTLE ANGELS by ASDA APPLE & RASPBERRY CORN CAK NOVA group 3
  17. 40 Tesco spaghetti Bolognese Tesco · 130g NOVA group 3
  18. 41 Mild Chicken Tikka Little Dish · 200g NOVA group 3
  19. 42 Spag bol Ella's Kitchen NOVA group 3
  20. 43 Kendamil Kendall organic NOVA group 3
  21. 44 Kendamil organic first infantmilk 800 g NOVA group 3
  22. 45 Organic Fruit & Veggie Puffs Strawberry, Coconut & Sweet Potato Once Upon a Farm NOVA group 3
  23. 46 Organic Teethers HappyBABY · 1.7 oz NOVA group 3
  24. 47 Munchy Fingers Mango Carrot Earth's Best NOVA group 3
  25. 48 organic soft biscotti Lupilu · 120g (6x20g) NOVA group 3
  26. 49 Banana rusk fingers Organic mamia NOVA group 3
  27. 50 Rice Cereals Gerber NOVA group 3
  28. 51 Little adventures Aldi NOVA group 3
  29. 52 Tractor Wheels Once Upon A Farm NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (41)

  1. 53 Organic Mamia · 120 g NOVA group 4
  2. 54 Organic Banana Rice Rusks Parent's Choice NOVA group 4
  3. 55 Soft Oaty Bars - Strawberry & Apple Organix NOVA group 4
  4. 56 Apple & Orange Soft Oaty Bars Organix · 6 x 23g NOVA group 4
  5. 57 Organix carrot cake oats bars Organix · 6x23g NOVA group 4
  6. 58 Oaty Bites Mixed Berry Beech-Nut NOVA group 4
  7. 59 Vanilla power shake BOL · 410g NOVA group 4
  8. 60 Kendamil Goat Kendamil · 800g NOVA group 4
  9. 61 Goat Infant Formula Kendamil NOVA group 4
  10. 62 Melty button Kiddylicious · 6g NOVA group 4
  11. 63 All Ages 4-6 Months Onwards Rusks Original Farley's NOVA group 4
  12. 64 Strawberry Pick-Me Sticks Little Bellies NOVA group 4
  13. 65 Organic jammie monsters strawberry & apple biscuits Organix · 8 x 8g NOVA group 4
  14. 66 Farinha Láctea Nestlé · 360g NOVA group 4
  15. 67 TEETHERS Mango Banana Carrot Gerber NOVA group 4
  16. 68 Organic Rice-Free Puffs Apple & Broccoli Yumi NOVA group 4
  17. 69 puffs strawberry apple grain snack Gerber · 42g NOVA group 4
  18. 70 Superfood Puffs, Baby Food, Banana & Pumpkin Happy Baby NOVA group 4
  19. 71 Baby Mum-Mum Organic Super Tropical Baby Mum-Mum NOVA group 4
  20. 72 creamy porridge Kendamil NOVA group 4
  21. 73 Organic YoBaby Pear Yogurt w/ Probiotics Stonyfield · 4 ounces NOVA group 4
  22. 74 cookie squares Kiddylicious · 144 g (6 * 24 g) NOVA group 4
  23. 75 Renew Joy burst · 16.9 fl oz NOVA group 4
  24. 76 Bubs Bubs · 20oz NOVA group 4
  25. 77 First Infant Milk HiPP NOVA group 4
  26. 78 First infant milk Kendamil · 800g NOVA group 4
  27. 79 farley's reduced sugar rusks 150g NOVA group 4
  28. 80 Oat-Haver Alpro · 1 l NOVA group 4
  29. 81 Nan Pro 2 Nestlé · 200 ml NOVA group 4
  30. 82 NAN Expertpro Sensitive 1 Nestlé · 800 g NOVA group 4
  31. 83 Banana porridge Cow & Gate NOVA group 4
  32. 84 cerelac HONEY & wheat Nestlé · 400g NOVA group 4
  33. 85 Infant formula Mead Johnson Nutrition · NET WT 12.5 OZ (354 g) NOVA group 4
  34. 86 Similac Advance Abbott NOVA group 4
  35. 87 French Vanilla High Protein Milk Shake Slate NOVA group 4
  36. 88 Cerelac Infant Cereals With Milk Mixed fruits & wheat Nestle NOVA group 4
  37. 89 Aptamil 1 Nutricia · 200.ml NOVA group 4
  38. 90 ProCare Kirkland Signature · 42 oz NOVA group 4
  39. 91 1 First Baby Milk Formula From Birth NOVA group 4
  40. 92 Follow on milk Aptamil NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 41. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.