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Canned sardines, from least to most processed

We track 91 canned sardines, 16% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Season skinless and boneless sardines in water.

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What makes canned sardines ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (7)

  1. 1 Season skinless and boneless sardines in water Season 1
  2. 2 Sardines in Spring Water Trader Joe's 1
  3. 3 Sardines In Tomato Sauce I. Epstein & Sons Inc. 1
  4. 4 Boneless Butterflied Sardine Fillets Brunswick · 106 Gr 1
  5. 5 Sardine Fillets Brunswick · 1 can 1
  6. 6 Wild Sardines Wild Planet · 4.4 oz 1
  7. 7 WILD SARDINES in SPRING WATER Brunswick · 106g 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 8 Olive Oil Sainsbury's 2

Processed food (68)

  1. 9 sardine fillet in olive oil with chili Marks & Spencer 3
  2. 10 Wild Sardines in Olive Oil Brunswick · 106 g 3
  3. 11 Wild caught sardines in extra virgin oil John west 3
  4. 12 Season Boneless Sardines in 100% Olive Oil Season · 124 g 3
  5. 13 Tesco Sardines in Sunflower Oil Tesco · 120 g 3
  6. 14 Boneless Sardines in Olive Oil John West 3
  7. 15 Wild Caught Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil King Oscar · 3.75 oz (106g) 3
  8. 16 Sardine in olive oil John West · 120g (90g drained) 3
  9. 17 Sardines In Olive Oil Nixe · Net weight: 120g, Drained weight: 84g 3
  10. 18 Sardines in 100% Olive Oil Season · 124 g 3
  11. 19 Sardine à l’huile végétale Omega Fruits de mer · 125 gr 3
  12. 20 Sardines Forever Fish 3
  13. 21 Sardines in Brine Tesco · 120 g 3
  14. 22 Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Olive Oil Sainsbury's 3
  15. 23 Sardines Sunflower Oil John West · 90 g 3
  16. 24 Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Olive Oil King Oscar · 87 g 3
  17. 25 Sardines in sunflower oil The Fishmonger · 90g 3
  18. 26 Sardines In Olive Oil Isabel · 115 G 3
  19. 27 Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Olive Oil Trader Joe's 3
  20. 28 Sardines served in water Beach Cliff · 3.75 oz (106 g) 3
  21. 29 Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Pure Olive Oil Crown Prince Natural 3
  22. 30 Raka sardellfileer i olja Key Brand · 53 g 3
  23. 31 Tesco Sardines in Tomato Sauce Tesco · 120g 3
  24. 32 Spiced Sardines In Vegetable Oil Hot Titus · 125 g 3
  25. 33 John West Sardines in Tomato sauce John West · 120 g 3
  26. 34 Sardines in spring water Essential Waitrose · 84g 3
  27. 35 Sardines in Sunflower Oil Kingfisher · 120g net, 84g drained 3
  28. 36 Waitrose sardines in olive oil Waitrose · 2 3
  29. 37 Boneless Sardines Sunflower Oil John West 3
  30. 38 Sardines in sunflower oil Aldi · 90g 3
  31. 39 Sardines in tomato sauce Marks & Spencer · 120 g 3
  32. 40 Pilchards in Tomato Sauce BTM · 425g 3
  33. 41 Sardine ALL'OLIO Waitrose 3
  34. 42 sardines 3
  35. 43 Sardines in sunflower oil Asda 3
  36. 44 Sardines in spring water Aldi 3
  37. 45 Sardines fillets in Sunflower Oil Kersen · 200g 3
  38. 46 Boneless Canadian Sardines, Fillets In Sunflower Oil Kersen 3
  39. 47 Sardines Skinless & Boneless In Pure Olive Oil Sea Castle 3
  40. 48 Sardines The Fishmonger · 120g 3

Showing the first 40 of 68. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (15)

  1. 77 Sardines Soya Oil Brunswick · 106 g 4
  2. 78 Sardines served in Soybean Oil Beach Cliff · 3.75 oz (106 g) 4
  3. 79 Smoked sardines Trader Joe's · 120 g 4
  4. 80 Sardines in Oil Lightly Smoked Chicken of the Sea · 3.75 oz (106 g) 4
  5. 81 Sardines in Oil Great Value 4
  6. 82 Sardine fillets kippered Brunswick 4
  7. 83 Sardines in tomato sauce Tesco · 90 grams 4
  8. 84 Sardines in soybean oil Northern Catch · 3.75 oz 4
  9. 85 Wild caught sardines in olive oil Chicken of the Sea · 3.75 oz 4
  10. 86 Sardines in tomato sauce Isabel 4
  11. 87 Mega Red Mega · 155g 4
  12. 88 Cornish sardines Tesco · 100g 4
  13. 89 Sardines Aldi 4
  14. 90 WILD-CAUGHT SARDINES in Louisiana Hot Sauce Chicken of the Sea · 3.75 oz 4
  15. 91 Sardines in mustard sauce Chicken of the sea · 3.75 oz (106 g) 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.