Citrus, from least to most processed

We track 46 citrus, 28% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Lemons.

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What makes citrus ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (30)

  1. 1 Lemons Garcia Aranda S.L. · 500g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Easy peelers mandarin Sainsbury’s · 600g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 California Mandarins Sun Pacific · 3 lbs NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Easy Peelers Sainsbury's · 600g NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Large Oranges Lidl · 4 NOVA group 1
  6. 6 Lemons Sainsbury's · 5 NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Suntrail Farms Lemons Tesco · 4 NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Oranges Jaffa NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Orange Nature's Pick · 600g NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Seedless Easy Peelers M&S Food · 600 g NOVA group 1
  11. 11 Oranges Sainsbury's · 5 NOVA group 1
  12. 12 Seedless Oranges M&S Eat Well · 4 NOVA group 1
  13. 13 orange Morrisons · 800g NOVA group 1
  14. 14 California Mandarins, Seedless Wonderful Halos · 907 g (2 lbs) NOVA group 1
  15. 15 Lemon Tesco NOVA group 1
  16. 16 limes Sainsbury's · 5 limes NOVA group 1
  17. 17 Limes M&S Eat Well · 450g NOVA group 1
  18. 18 Grapefruit segments in fruit juice Sainsburys · 290g drained weight NOVA group 1
  19. 19 Seedless Lemons Wonderful NOVA group 1
  20. 20 Mandarins peelZ · 3 lbs NOVA group 1
  21. 21 Orange 2 lbs NOVA group 1
  22. 22 mandarin oranges Dole · 4 LBS. (1.81 kg) NOVA group 1
  23. 23 Mandarin Segments In Juice Tesco NOVA group 1
  24. 24 Pressade citroner ReaLemon · 25 cl NOVA group 1
  25. 25 Mandarin Segments Aldi · 300 g (drained : 175 g) NOVA group 1
  26. 26 Mandarin Segments in fruit juice Sainsbury's NOVA group 1
  27. 27 Mandarin segments Freshona · 300g NOVA group 1
  28. 28 Citroner 500 g NOVA group 1
  29. 29 Broken Mandarin Segments Growers Harvest By Tesco NOVA group 1
  30. 30 MANDARINS in juice Nature's Finest NOVA group 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 31 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook NOVA group 2

Processed food (2)

  1. 32 Lemon NOVA group 3
  2. 33 Citroner, verna 500 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (13)

  1. 34 Organix Lime Organix · 34 NOVA group 4
  2. 35 Mandarin oranges in 100% fruit juice Del Monte Foods NOVA group 4
  3. 36 Oranges Asda · 5 NOVA group 4
  4. 37 Sweet Clems Morrisons NOVA group 4
  5. 38 Mandarines 600 g NOVA group 4
  6. 39 Tangerines Sainsbury's · 600g NOVA group 4
  7. 40 Apelsin & ingefära marmelad Garant · 400 g NOVA group 4
  8. 41 Salad Coop NOVA group 4
  9. 42 Large Oranges Morrisons · 4 NOVA group 4
  10. 43 Lemons NOVA group 4
  11. 44 Limonata Citron Mino · 33 cl NOVA group 4
  12. 45 Sweet Easy Peelers Tesco · 600g NOVA group 4
  13. 46 Freeway Tropical Crush 330ml can Freeway · 330ml 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.