Is it ultra-processed?
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Cooked meats, from least to most processed

We track 18 cooked meats, 56% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Rare roast beef.

What makes cooked meats ultra-processed

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

Processed food (8)

  1. 1 Rare roast beef Marks & Spencer 3
  2. 2 Biltong Original with Coriander & Pepper Canterbury Biltong 3
  3. 3 Breakfast Pork Patties Oakhurst · 342g/6 Pack 3
  4. 4 Coconut curry chicken with basmati rice Saffron Road · 30 oz 3
  5. 5 Corned beef slices Sainsbury's 3
  6. 6 Chopped Ham Mario's · 340g 3
  7. 7 Taste The Difference Finely Sliced Yorkshire Cured Ham Sainsbury's · 120 g 3
  8. 8 Taste the Difference Honey Roast 8 Finely Sliced Yorkshire Cured British Ham Slices Taste the difference 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 9 Naked Wafer Thin Ham Slices Finnebrogue 4
  2. 10 Roast British Peppered Topside of Beef Ashfields 4
  3. 11 Flamegrilled Roast Chicken Breast Slices Tesco · 160 g 4
  4. 12 Sliced Roasted Turkey Breast Trader Joe's · 300 g 4
  5. 13 Meatballs Aldi · 500g 4
  6. 14 Sliced Cured Ham on the bone Asda 4
  7. 15 Oak smoked ham Tesco 4
  8. 16 Sweet BBQ Pulled Pork Tesco · 410g 4
  9. 17 French torchon ham Unearthed · 160g 4
  10. 18 16 Crumbed Ham Slice Tesco 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.