Is it ultra-processed?
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Cornmeal, from least to most processed

We track 11 cornmeal, 18% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Corn Flour.

What makes cornmeal ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 Corn Flour Waitrose · 250g 1
  2. 2 Pre-Cooked White Corn Meal P.A.N · 1 kg 1
  3. 3 Corn Meal Quaker · 24 oz 1

Processed culinary ingredient (6)

  1. 4 Cornflour Tesco · 500 g 2
  2. 5 Cornflour Sainsbury's · 500g 2
  3. 6 Cornflour Morrison’s · 250g 2
  4. 7 Cornflour Doves Farm 2
  5. 8 Corn Starch Baker's Corner · 454 g 2
  6. 9 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook 2

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 10 Farinha Láctea Nestlé · 360g 4
  2. 11 Polenta Trader Joe's · 510 g 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.