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Beef and its products, from least to most processed

We track 159 beef and its products, 47% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Ground Beef.

What makes beef and its products ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (23)

  1. 1 Organic Ground Beef Kirkland Signature · 3 x 1.34 lb 1
  2. 2 100% Grass-Fed Beef Patties Kirkland · 15 x 1/3 lb 1
  3. 3 British beef mince 20% fat Aldi · 500g 1
  4. 4 British Beef Mince 20% Fat Tesco · 500g 1
  5. 5 12% Fat Beef Mince Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  6. 6 British Beef Mince Higher Welfare 12% Fat Waitrose · 500 1
  7. 7 Ground Beef 93/7 Wegmans · 48 oz 1
  8. 8 Grass Fed Ground Beef Spring Crossing Cattle · 112 g 1
  9. 9 Ground Beef Simply Nature · 16 oz 1
  10. 10 Grass-Fed Ground Beef Marketside Organic · 16 oz 1
  11. 11 Beef Mince 10% Fat Aldi · 500g 1
  12. 12 Grass-Fed Ground Beef Marketside · 16 oz 1
  13. 13 Tender Lean Diced Beef Asda · 400g 1
  14. 14 Tesco diced meat Tesco · 400g 1
  15. 15 Organic Ground Beef Verde · 16 oz 1
  16. 16 Grass Fed Ground Beef 80/20 Thousand Hills · 1 lb 1
  17. 17 Hickory nut gap meats, ground beef Hickory Nut Gap Meats · 16 oz 1
  18. 18 Ground Beef 93% Lean 7% Fat Sam’s Club 1
  19. 19 Lean Ground Beef Publix 1
  20. 20 Beef Patties Force of Nature · 10 oz 1
  21. 21 Burgerbiff av nöt Tamminen · 2 x 140g 1
  22. 22 Beef & Pork Mince Birchwood · 750 g 1
  23. 23 Slow Cooked Mexican Style Tender British Beef Marks & Spencer · 385g 1

Processed food (61)

  1. 24 4 Aberdeen Quarter Pounders Specially Selected · 454g 3
  2. 25 Roasted topside of beef slices Aldi · 110 g 3
  3. 26 Roast topside of british beef Sainsbury's · 110g 5 slices 3
  4. 27 Rare roast beef Marks & Spencer 3
  5. 28 Roast Beef Sainsbury's 3
  6. 29 Roast beef Deluxe 3
  7. 30 British Roasted Topside of Beef Wafer Thin Select Farms · 96 g 3
  8. 31 Slow Cooked Charred Topside Beef Tesco Finest · 90 g 3
  9. 32 Corned Beef Slices 125 g 3
  10. 33 Högrevsburgare ICA · 2x150 g 3
  11. 34 Hamburgare Eldorado · 1,44 kg (16 x 90 g) 3
  12. 35 Biltong Original with Coriander & Pepper Canterbury Biltong 3
  13. 36 Beef Quarter Pounders Tesco · 454 g 3
  14. 37 Hamburgare av Nötfärs Coop · 452 g 3
  15. 38 Nötkött Hamburgare Axfood · 4 x 100 g 3
  16. 39 Hamburgare - Nötkött John's Selection · 0,452 kg 3
  17. 40 Original Beef Mini Stick Chomps 3
  18. 41 Cooked Uncured Polish Sausage Teton Waters Ranch · 10 oz 3
  19. 42 Beef Stick Paleovalley · 1 oz 3
  20. 43 Jalapeno Beef Stick Paleovalley · 1 oz 3
  21. 44 21 Day Matured Beef Steaks With Black Garlic Melts just cook by Sainsbury's 3
  22. 45 Enebacken Delikatessköttbullar Enebacken · 440 g 3
  23. 46 Huvudroll - Meatballs Ikea · 1000 gram 3
  24. 47 American Wagyu Beef Jerky Snake River Farms · 283g 3
  25. 48 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Mango Habanero Archer · 16 oz 3
  26. 49 4 beef quarter pounders Birds Eye 3
  27. 50 Pork Jerky Golden island 3
  28. 51 Signature Beef Rib & Brisket Burgers Sainsbury's 3
  29. 52 Corned Beef Princes · 340 g 3
  30. 53 Corned Beef Lidl · 340 g 3
  31. 54 Princes Corned Beef Princes 3
  32. 55 corned beef 3
  33. 56 Corned beef slices Sainsbury's 3
  34. 57 Corned Beef Libby's · 340 g 3
  35. 58 Corned Beef Aldi · 340g 3
  36. 59 Hereford, corned beef Hereford · 12 oz 3
  37. 60 Corned beef The Deli 3
  38. 61 mince beef 3
  39. 62 2 British Aberdeen Angus Beef Steak Burgers Asda · 340 g 3
  40. 63 British beef burgers Waitrose 3

Showing the first 40 of 61. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (75)

  1. 85 Walmart 96/4 Lean Ground Beef · 4 oz 4
  2. 86 Original Beef Jerky Tillamook Country Smoker 4
  3. 87 Stewed steak Newgate 4
  4. 88 Hamburgare Svenska Hamburgare · 1800 g 4
  5. 89 Beef Snack Sticks Greenridge Naturals · 36 oz 4
  6. 90 Svenska köttbullar ekologiska Scan · 300 g 4
  7. 91 Steak Strips Beef Snacks Member's Mark · 12 oz 4
  8. 92 Angus Choice Beef Patties Don Lee Farms · 3 lbs (48 oz) 4
  9. 93 Enebacken Eko färska köttbullar Enebacken · 300 g 4
  10. 94 Wagyu burgers Specially Selected · 284g 4
  11. 95 ICA i♥eco Svenska ekologiska köttbullar ICA · 300 g 4
  12. 96 Original Beef Jerky Pacific Gold · 35 g 4
  13. 97 Jack Link's Jerky Original 70g Spesialgrossisten As 4
  14. 98 4 Beef Burgers with Plant Protein and Onion BirdsEye · 227g, 4 burgers 4
  15. 99 Slow Cooked Tennessee Style Boneless Beef Ribs Tesco 4
  16. 100 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Archer · 2.5 oz 4
  17. 101 Roast British Topside of Beef Ashfields · 130 g 4
  18. 102 Roast British Peppered Topside of Beef Ashfields 4
  19. 103 Roast Beef Slices Sainsbury's · 85g 4
  20. 104 Jerky Jack links 4
  21. 105 Corned Beef Hash Homestyle Hormel Mary Kitchen · 2 4
  22. 106 Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 10 oz 4
  23. 107 Old Fashioned Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 18 oz 4
  24. 108 Biltong Lidl · 65g 4
  25. 109 Jack Links Beef Jerky Jalapeño Jack Link's · 80 g 4
  26. 110 Organic Original Beef Jerky Simply Nature · 71g 4
  27. 111 Thins Cheddar & Cracked Black Pepper Flatbreads Savour Bakes · 125 g 4
  28. 112 Bourbon pulled beef & mash Tesco Finest · 400g 4
  29. 113 Original Recipe Smoked Shorty Sausages Duke's · 142 g 4
  30. 114 Roast Beef Tesco 4
  31. 115 Steak Strips Kings · 60 g 4
  32. 116 Beef Jerky Sweet & Hot Jack Links 4
  33. 117 Jumbo Beef Franks Hebrew National 4
  34. 118 Hamburger Original ICA · 452 g (4 * 113 g) 4
  35. 119 Hamburgare ICA · 4 x 113 g 4
  36. 120 Scan Hamburgare original Scan · 540 g (6 x 90 g) 4
  37. 121 Quarter Pounders Tesco Finest · 454g 4
  38. 122 Mamma Scans Köttbullar Scan · 1000g 4
  39. 123 Svenska Köttbullar Lidl · 1 kg 4
  40. 124 Köttbullar ICA 4

Showing the first 40 of 75. 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.