Dried cranberries, from least to most processed

We track 24 dried cranberries, 25% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Cranberries.

What makes dried cranberries ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Cranberries Asda · 100 g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Sweetened Dried Cranberries Grape Tree · 250 ml NOVA group 1

Processed food (16)

  1. 3 Dried Cranberries The Original Ocean Spray · 6oz. NOVA group 3
  2. 4 cranberries deshidratados Ocean Spray · 48 oz (1.36 KG) NOVA group 3
  3. 5 Sweetened Dried Cranberries Ocean Spray · 64 oz NOVA group 3
  4. 6 Dried Cranberries Alesto · 150g NOVA group 3
  5. 7 Whitworth whole cranberries Whitworths · 130 g NOVA group 3
  6. 8 Dried cranberries Tesco · 200 g NOVA group 3
  7. 9 Dried Sweetened Cranberries Southern Grove NOVA group 3
  8. 10 Organic Cranberries Sweetened 365 Whole Foods Market · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  9. 11 Cranberries Tesco NOVA group 3
  10. 12 Dried Cranberries Bradbury's · 170 g NOVA group 3
  11. 13 Dried cranberries Waitrose NOVA group 3
  12. 14 Sweetened Dried Cranberries Pams NOVA group 3
  13. 15 Dried cranberries Aldi · 150g NOVA group 3
  14. 16 Dried Cranberries Ocean Spray Craisins · 48 oz NOVA group 3
  15. 17 Raisins & Cranberries Tesco · 500g NOVA group 3
  16. 18 Cranberry & Raisin Alesto · 300g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 19 Organic Dried Cranberries No Added Sugar Patience Fruit & Co NOVA group 4
  2. 20 Sweetened Dried Cranberries Great Value NOVA group 4
  3. 21 Crasins Dried Cranberries Ocean Spray · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  4. 22 Dried Cranberries Ocean Spray · 6 oz (170g) NOVA group 4
  5. 23 Organic Dried Cranberries Trader Joe's NOVA group 4
  6. 24 Craisins Dried Cranberries Ocean Spray · 5 oz 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.