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Cucumbers, from least to most processed

We track 15 cucumbers, 13% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is cucumber.

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What makes cucumbers ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (7)

  1. 1 cucumber BiO Organic · 250g 1
  2. 2 British Cucumber Tesco 1
  3. 3 Cucumber Asda 1
  4. 4 So organic Cucumber Sainsburys 1
  5. 5 Cucumber Nature's Pick 1
  6. 6 cucumber Sainsbury's · 300g 1
  7. 7 Cucumber The co-operative · 300/350g 1

Processed food (6)

  1. 8 Pickled Baby Gherkins Asda · 340g 3
  2. 9 Sliced Gherkins Baxters · 540 3
  3. 10 Gherkins Dawtona · 470 g drained 3
  4. 11 Pickled Gherkins Polish Specialities 3
  5. 12 Kashubian Gherkins Dawtona · 495 g drained 3
  6. 13 Gherkins Sainsbury's · 340g 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 14 Snacking pickles Serious Pig · 40 g 4
  2. 15 Gherkins Asda · 680g 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.