Baker's yeast, from least to most processed

We track 9 baker's yeast, 78% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is SPM All Natural Gold Without Ascorbic Acid.

What makes baker's yeast ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of baker's yeast that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 SPM All Natural Gold Without Ascorbic Acid Red star NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Saf-levure S.I.Lesaffre · 125 g NOVA group 1

Ultra-processed food (7)

  1. 3 Yeast Allinson's · 2 x 11g NOVA group 4
  2. 4 Rapidrise Instant Yeast Fleischmann's · 3 x 1/4 OZ Packets • NET WT 3/4 OZ (21g) NOVA group 4
  3. 5 Baking powder Cook · 150 g NOVA group 4
  4. 6 Tiger Baguette Tesco NOVA group 4
  5. 7 Lowan Instant Dried Yeast Lowan Whole Foods · 280g NOVA group 4
  6. 8 Easy Bake Yeast 2 x Aldi · 2 x 7 g NOVA group 4
  7. 9 Yeast Easy Bake Sachets Allinson's · 6 x 42g 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.