Chorizos, from least to most processed

We track 26 chorizos, 65% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Chorizo rojano IGP Dulce.

What makes chorizos ultra-processed

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

Processed food (9)

  1. 1 Chorizo rojano IGP Dulce Artysan · 225g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Chorizo Properoni · 180g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Chorizo de Leon Pajariel NOVA group 3
  4. 4 chorizo El Cierzo · 225g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Sarta de chorizo ibérico Waitrose NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Chorizo de leon NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Chorizo Abbot's · 10 oz NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Spanish Chorizo Ring Waitrose · 240 g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Goikoa Chorizo De Navarra Goikoa · 200 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (17)

  1. 10 Spicy Spanish Chorizo Tesco Finest · 225 g NOVA group 4
  2. 11 Chorizo Consorcio Zeta · 80 g NOVA group 4
  3. 12 Spanish chorizo de navarra Waitrose NOVA group 4
  4. 13 Chorizo Iberico Noel · 170 g NOVA group 4
  5. 14 Chorizo ring Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  6. 15 Authentic Spanish Chorizo Ring Specially Selected · 200g NOVA group 4
  7. 16 Spicy Spanish chorizo Asda · 225g NOVA group 4
  8. 17 Kyckling-Chorizo Eldorado · 400g NOVA group 4
  9. 18 Diced Chorizo Tesco · 2 x 65 g NOVA group 4
  10. 19 Co Op chorizo Co-op · 225 g NOVA group 4
  11. 20 Spicy Spanish Chorizo Ring Specially Selected NOVA group 4
  12. 21 Diced Chorizo Asda NOVA group 4
  13. 22 Spanish Chorizo Slices Sainsbury's · 170 g NOVA group 4
  14. 23 Cooking Chorizo Waitrose NOVA group 4
  15. 24 Spanish Diced Chorizo Inspired to Cook by Sainsbury's · 150 g NOVA group 4
  16. 25 Mort SRAN CHORIZO RING Dry cured, naturally smoked Morrisons NOVA group 4
  17. 26 Spanish Dry Cured Spicy Pork (Chorizo Salami) THE deli 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.