Is it ultra-processed?
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Burritos, from least to most processed

We track 20 burritos, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Burrito Non-Dairy.

What makes burritos ultra-processed

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

Processed food (5)

  1. 1 Burrito Non-Dairy Amy's 3
  2. 2 Mexican Burrio Amy's Kitchen · 156 g 3
  3. 3 Steak & Cheddar Burrito Red's · 5 oz 3
  4. 4 Smoky Chipotle + Black Bean Burrito Bowl Pollen + Grace · 275 3
  5. 5 Organic Bean & Cheese Burrito Red’s · 5 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (15)

  1. 6 Non-Dairy organic bean and rice frozen burrito Amy's · 6.0 oz 4
  2. 7 Burrito Cheddar Cheese Amy's · 6.0 oz 4
  3. 8 NAKED BURRITO with smoky BBQ chicken Diet Select · 309 4
  4. 9 Organic Bean, Rice & Cheese Burrito Lilly B's 4
  5. 10 Organic Bean, Rice & Cheese Burritos Lilly b's · 48 oz 4
  6. 11 Beef & Bean Burritos Mariachi Market · 32 oz 4
  7. 12 Southwest Veggie & Scrambled Egg Breakfast Burrito 365 Whole Foods Market 4
  8. 13 Tortilla original Garant · 320 g 4
  9. 14 Bean & Rice Burrito Trader Jose's · 12 oz 4
  10. 15 Black Bean & Monterey Jack Cheese Burrito in a Flour Tortilla Trader Joe's · 269 g 4
  11. 16 Beef and cheese chimichanga Aldi · 142 g 4
  12. 17 Beef & Bean Burritos El Monterey · 32 oz 4
  13. 18 Sweet Potato Burrito 4
  14. 19 Burrito Don Miguel · 42 oz 4
  15. 20 Tofu Burrito Sainsbury's Plant Pioneers · 400g 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.