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Beef, from least to most processed

We track 103 beef, 49% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Ground Beef.

What makes beef ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (19)

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

Processed food (34)

  1. 20 4 Aberdeen Quarter Pounders Specially Selected · 454g 3
  2. 21 Roasted topside of beef slices Aldi · 110 g 3
  3. 22 Roast topside of british beef Sainsbury's · 110g 5 slices 3
  4. 23 Rare roast beef Marks & Spencer 3
  5. 24 Roast Beef Sainsbury's 3
  6. 25 Roast beef Deluxe 3
  7. 26 British Roasted Topside of Beef Wafer Thin Select Farms · 96 g 3
  8. 27 Slow Cooked Charred Topside Beef Tesco Finest · 90 g 3
  9. 28 Högrevsburgare ICA · 2x150 g 3
  10. 29 Hamburgare Eldorado · 1,44 kg (16 x 90 g) 3
  11. 30 Biltong Original with Coriander & Pepper Canterbury Biltong 3
  12. 31 Beef Quarter Pounders Tesco · 454 g 3
  13. 32 Hamburgare av Nötfärs Coop · 452 g 3
  14. 33 Nötkött Hamburgare Axfood · 4 x 100 g 3
  15. 34 Hamburgare - Nötkött John's Selection · 0,452 kg 3
  16. 35 Cooked Uncured Polish Sausage Teton Waters Ranch · 10 oz 3
  17. 36 Beef Stick Paleovalley · 1 oz 3
  18. 37 21 Day Matured Beef Steaks With Black Garlic Melts just cook by Sainsbury's 3
  19. 38 Enebacken Delikatessköttbullar Enebacken · 440 g 3
  20. 39 4 beef quarter pounders Birds Eye 3
  21. 40 Signature Beef Rib & Brisket Burgers Sainsbury's 3
  22. 41 mince beef 3
  23. 42 British beef burgers Waitrose 3
  24. 43 Beef Original Beef Stick Mild Chomps · 1.15 OZ (32g) 3
  25. 44 Steak Strips Kirkland Signature · 12 oz (340 g) 3
  26. 45 12 Beef Meatballs Taste the difference · 350g 3
  27. 46 Archer Original Beef Stick Mini Archer · 0.5 oz (14 g) 3
  28. 47 Minis Original Archer · 1 stick 14g 3
  29. 48 Italian Style Sauce & Jumbo Beef Meatballs Mama Mancini's · 48.0 oz 3
  30. 49 British beef balls Waitrose · 300g 3
  31. 50 British Beef Rump Burgers Waitrose 3
  32. 51 Wagyu Beef Burger Waitrose · 340 g 3
  33. 52 Beef & Pork Meatballs Morrisons · 624g 3
  34. 53 Finely Sliced Roast Beef Brisket TESCO finest 3

Ultra-processed food (50)

  1. 54 Walmart 96/4 Lean Ground Beef · 4 oz 4
  2. 55 Hamburgare Svenska Hamburgare · 1800 g 4
  3. 56 Beef Snack Sticks Greenridge Naturals · 36 oz 4
  4. 57 Svenska köttbullar ekologiska Scan · 300 g 4
  5. 58 Enebacken Eko färska köttbullar Enebacken · 300 g 4
  6. 59 Wagyu burgers Specially Selected · 284g 4
  7. 60 ICA i♥eco Svenska ekologiska köttbullar ICA · 300 g 4
  8. 61 Jack Link's Jerky Original 70g Spesialgrossisten As 4
  9. 62 4 Beef Burgers with Plant Protein and Onion BirdsEye · 227g, 4 burgers 4
  10. 63 Slow Cooked Tennessee Style Boneless Beef Ribs Tesco 4
  11. 64 Roast British Topside of Beef Ashfields · 130 g 4
  12. 65 Roast British Peppered Topside of Beef Ashfields 4
  13. 66 Roast Beef Slices Sainsbury's · 85g 4
  14. 67 Thins Cheddar & Cracked Black Pepper Flatbreads Savour Bakes · 125 g 4
  15. 68 Bourbon pulled beef & mash Tesco Finest · 400g 4
  16. 69 Roast Beef Tesco 4
  17. 70 Hamburger Original ICA · 452 g (4 * 113 g) 4
  18. 71 Hamburgare ICA · 4 x 113 g 4
  19. 72 Scan Hamburgare original Scan · 540 g (6 x 90 g) 4
  20. 73 Quarter Pounders Tesco Finest · 454g 4
  21. 74 Mamma Scans Köttbullar Scan · 1000g 4
  22. 75 Svenska Köttbullar Lidl · 1 kg 4
  23. 76 Köttbullar ICA 4
  24. 77 plant-based ground be'f Gardein · 280g 4
  25. 78 12 Beef Meatballs Ashfields · 340g 4
  26. 79 Ashfield farm 24 beef meatballs Ashfield farm 4
  27. 80 Beef meatballs Tesco 4
  28. 81 Beef meatballs Co-Op · 350 g 4
  29. 82 Bresaola Fratelli Beretta · 50 g 4
  30. 83 4 British Beef Quarter Pounders Waitrose & Partners · 454g 4
  31. 84 Reduced Fat Beef Quarter pounder Birchwood 4
  32. 85 Smash Burgers Sainsbury's 4
  33. 86 Meatballs with vegetables and pork Chef Select · 300 g 4
  34. 87 Coop Köttbullar Coop · 1000 g 4
  35. 88 Garant Djupfrysta Köttbullar Axfood · 600 g 4
  36. 89 Bresaola Zeta · 70g 4
  37. 90 Topside of beef Asda · 100g 4
  38. 91 10% Fat 12 Beef Meatballs Sainsbury's 4
  39. 92 Jalapeno Beef Stick Chomps · 32g 4
  40. 93 Aberdeen Angus Quarter Pounder Aldi · 454g 4

Showing the first 40 of 50. 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.