Broth stock, from least to most processed

We track 24 broth stock, 50% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Bouillon de légumes.

What makes broth stock ultra-processed

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

Processed food (12)

  1. 1 Bouillon de légumes No Name · 900ml NOVA group 3
  2. 2 BONE BROTH Beef Freja · 500ml NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Hearty Vegetable broth Trader Joe's · 32 fl oz (946 ml) NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Hugh's classic vegetable stock River Cottage · 105g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Beef Bone Broth Borough Broth · 324g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Beef stock Marks & Spencer · 500mls NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Inspired to Cook Beef Stock Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Chicken Broth Kettle & Fire · 32 oz NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Beef Broth Kettle and Fire · 32 oz NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes Kallø · 88g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Organic Beef Stock Cubes 8 Pack Kallø · 88 g NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Organic Bone Broth Chicken Unsalted Pacific Foods · 32 fl oz, 1 qt, 946 ml NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 13 chicken stock Marks & Spencer · 240 g NOVA group 4
  2. 14 Organic Chicken Broth Kirkland · 1L NOVA group 4
  3. 15 Organic stock paste vegetable and mixed herbs Kallø · 100g NOVA group 4
  4. 16 Fiskbuljong Knorr · 10x10 g NOVA group 4
  5. 17 Organic Chicken Stock Cubes OXO NOVA group 4
  6. 18 Rich Beef Stock cubes 8 x Knorr · 80 g, 8 x 10 g NOVA group 4
  7. 19 Chicken Stock Cubes Knorr · 200 g NOVA group 4
  8. 20 Better Than Bouillon Roasted Beef Base Better Than Bouillon · 597 g NOVA group 4
  9. 21 Fish Stock Pot 4 x Knorr · 112 g NOVA group 4
  10. 22 Vegetable Stock Pots Tesco · 112 g NOVA group 4
  11. 23 Beef StockPot Marks & Spencer · 96g (4 x 24g) NOVA group 4
  12. 24 chicken stock pots Sainsbury's 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.