Chicken sausages, from least to most processed

We track 30 chicken sausages, 70% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage.

What makes chicken sausages ultra-processed

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

Processed food (9)

  1. 1 Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage Jones Dairy Farm NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Organic Chicken Sausage Jones · 2 lbs NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage Aidells · 12 oz NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Spicy Italian Chicken Sausage Trader Joe's · 340g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Organic Basil & Cracked Black Pepper Smoked Chicken Sausage Sabatino's · 36 oz NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Chicken Sausages Feta and Spinach Connie's Kitchen · 12 pc, 1.1 kg NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Apple Chardonnay Chicken Sausage Trader Joe's · 12 oz NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Chicken Sausage KIRKLAND Signature · 48 oz NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Chicken Sausages Loughnane's of Galway NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (21)

  1. 10 Chicken Sausage Sweet Italian Style Al Fresco · 4 links (312g) NOVA group 4
  2. 11 Chicken Sausage Trader Joe's · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  3. 12 Apple Chicken Sausage Never Any! · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  4. 13 Chicken Wieners Zabiha Halal · 12, 450 g NOVA group 4
  5. 14 Vienna Sausage Libby's · 4.6 oz (130 g) NOVA group 4
  6. 15 Kyckling Grillkorv Coop Xtra · 400 g NOVA group 4
  7. 16 Kyckling Stekkorv 600 G · Coop NOVA group 4
  8. 17 Chicken Italia Chipolatas Heck · 340 g NOVA group 4
  9. 18 Chicken Sausage Tesco · 400g NOVA group 4
  10. 19 Kycklinggrillkorv Eldorado NOVA group 4
  11. 20 Kyckling - Grillkorv ICA · 400g NOVA group 4
  12. 21 Kyckling Wienerkorv (rökt med alspån) Garant · 300 g NOVA group 4
  13. 22 Chicken Sausages Heck NOVA group 4
  14. 23 Spring chicken sausages 340 g NOVA group 4
  15. 24 Kyckling-Chorizo Eldorado · 400g NOVA group 4
  16. 25 Chicken Frankfurters Dulano · 350 g NOVA group 4
  17. 26 Kyckling-Korv Eldorado · 340g NOVA group 4
  18. 27 Frankfurter Herta · 350g NOVA group 4
  19. 28 Chicken Wieners Maple Lodge Farms · 450 g NOVA group 4
  20. 29 Aafiyah Halal Chicken 10 Chicken Franks Aafiyah Halal ChickenHKScan · 340 g NOVA group 4
  21. 30 Chicken Sausages Ashfields · 340 g 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.