Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Cooked vegetables, from least to most processed

We track 37 cooked vegetables, 16% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Cooked Beetroot in Natural Juice.

What makes cooked vegetables ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (11)

  1. 1 Cooked Beetroot in Natural Juice Greens 1
  2. 2 Garden Peas Grower's Harvest 1
  3. 3 Garden Peas Sainsbury's · 920g 1
  4. 4 Chick Peas KTC · 1 kg 1
  5. 5 Haricots verts Garant · 450 g 1
  6. 6 Cocktail Sweet Chilli Beetroot Marks & Spencers · 180 g 1
  7. 7 Beetroot, pickled M&S Foods · 250 g 1
  8. 8 High Fibre Chick Peas In Water Co Op · 400g / 242g drained weight 1
  9. 9 Low Sodium Chick Peas King Cole · 15.5 oz 1
  10. 10 Steamed Beetroot in vinegar Tesco · 300g 1
  11. 11 Haricot Beans In Water Tesco · 400 g 1

Processed food (20)

  1. 12 Soft & Chewy Sweet Potato Sticks Snak Yard · 2.82 oz 3
  2. 13 Cooked Beetroot Oaklands · 500g 3
  3. 14 Just Beetroot The Lincolnshire Beetroot Co. · 500g 3
  4. 15 Haricot Beans Morrisons · 400g 3
  5. 16 Kidney Bönor ICA · 230 g 3
  6. 17 Chick Peas Garbanzos Goya · 15.5oz 3
  7. 18 Chick Peas CEDAR Phoenicia · 19 fl oz 3
  8. 19 Puy Lentils & French green lentils Merchant Gourmet · 250 g 3
  9. 20 Bruna Bönor Felix · 500 g 3
  10. 21 Green Lentils Sainsbury's 3
  11. 22 Gastro Greens M&S · 210g 3
  12. 23 Moroccan lentils Marks and Spencer · 250g 3
  13. 24 5 Bean Medley Merchant Gourmet · 240 g 3
  14. 25 Curry Chickpeaz Heinz · 250g 3
  15. 26 Smoky Chilli Beanz Bowl Heinz 3
  16. 27 Green Lentils in Water Tesco · 390 g 3
  17. 28 Potatis ICA Basic · 425g 3
  18. 29 Ekologiska Vita Bönor I Tomatsås Garant · 390 g 3
  19. 30 pickled sliced beetroot Tesco · 340 g 3
  20. 31 Artichoke antipasti Tesco · 285g (160g) 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 32 Vita bönor i tomatsås Eldorado · 420 g 4
  2. 33 ASDA Chili Beans in Chilli Sauce Asda · 390g 4
  3. 34 Haricot Beans in Water Freshona · 400g 4
  4. 35 Taste of Gorgeous Green Lidl · 250g 4
  5. 36 Spicy Cajun-Style Lentils & Red Kidney Beans Merchant Gourmet · 250 g 4
  6. 37 Moroccan Style Spiced Lentils & Chickpeas Tesco · 250 grams 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.