Black olives, from least to most processed

We track 30 black olives, 0% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Olives Medium Ripe Pitted Black.

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Olives Medium Ripe Pitted Black Sprouts · 6 fl oz NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Sliced California Ripe Olives Pearls · 3.8 oz (108 g) NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Hojiblanca Olives Marks & Spencer · 340g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Stoneless olives 440 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (26)

  1. 5 Pitted black olives 365 Everyday Value NOVA group 3
  2. 6 Svarta oliver ICA Basic · 350g NOVA group 3
  3. 7 Whole Greek Kalamon Olives Lidl · 175 g NOVA group 3
  4. 8 Whole Kalamon Olives Eridanous · 450 g / 250 g net NOVA group 3
  5. 9 Black Olives Pitted Trader Joe's NOVA group 3
  6. 10 Pitted Black Hojiblanca Olives 330 g NOVA group 3
  7. 11 Oliver av sorten Kalamata utan kärnor Fontana · 290 g (130 g) NOVA group 3
  8. 12 Kalamata Olives Tassos · 770 g NOVA group 3
  9. 13 Jumbo Kalamata Olives with Oak Smoked Oil Sainsbury's · 160g NOVA group 3
  10. 14 Pitted Ripe Olives Crespo · 425g NOVA group 3
  11. 15 Olijven / Olives Baresa · 160g NOVA group 3
  12. 16 Pitted Black Olives Tesco · 330g NOVA group 3
  13. 17 Black pitted olives in brine Sainsburys NOVA group 3
  14. 18 Black pitted olives 190 g NOVA group 3
  15. 19 Sliced Black Olives Tesco NOVA group 3
  16. 20 Pitted black olives Sainsbury's · 800g NOVA group 3
  17. 21 Moroccan Olives Salted à la Grecque Waitrose NOVA group 3
  18. 22 EXTRA LARGE Pitted Ripe Olives Pearls · 170g NOVA group 3
  19. 23 Black Ripe Pitted Olives Lindsay NOVA group 3
  20. 24 Sliced California Ripe Olives Early California NOVA group 3
  21. 25 Garlic facaccine White rabbit NOVA group 3
  22. 26 Urkärnade svarta oliver Eldorado · 910 g NOVA group 3
  23. 27 Pitted black olives with sea salt Tesco NOVA group 3
  24. 28 Pitted Kalamata olives Tesco · 145 g NOVA group 3
  25. 29 Organic Pitted kalamata olives Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  26. 30 Big Kalamata Pitted Olives Odysea · 290g NOVA group 3

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.