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Durum wheat semolinas for couscous, from least to most processed

We track 25 durum wheat semolinas for couscous, 36% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Wholewheat Couscous.

What makes durum wheat semolinas for couscous ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of durum wheat semolinas for couscous that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (11)

  1. 1 Wholewheat Couscous Tesco · 500 g 1
  2. 2 Couscous Tesco · 500 g 1
  3. 3 Wholewheat Couscous Marks & Spencer · 500g 1
  4. 4 Giant Cous Cous Asda · 300g 1
  5. 5 Couscous Sainsbury's · 1kg 1
  6. 6 Whole Durum Wheat Cous Cous Trader Joe's · 45 g 1
  7. 7 Cous Cous 500g Coop · 500g 1
  8. 8 Couscous Le choix du Président · 1.8kg 1
  9. 9 Sweet & Fluffy Cous Cous Sainsbury's 1
  10. 10 Couscous Rice Select · 600g 1
  11. 11 Giant Cous cous Sainsbury's · 300 g 1

Processed food (5)

  1. 12 Couscous Morrisons 3
  2. 13 Giant wholewheat couscous Waitrose & partners · 300g 3
  3. 14 Organic Couscous Trader Joe's · 12 oz 3
  4. 15 Ekologisk couscous fullkorn Garant · 500 g 3
  5. 16 Couscous Golden Sun · 260g 3

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 17 COUSCOUS MIX Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Near East · 5.8 oz 4
  2. 18 Moroccan style couscous Sainsbury's 4
  3. 19 Lemon & Coriander Couscous Tesco 4
  4. 20 East Indian spices cous cous Twistd Flavour Co 4
  5. 21 Mediterranean Cous Cous Lidl · 100g 4
  6. 22 Wild mushroom couscous Ainsley Harriott · 100 g 4
  7. 23 Cous Cous Aldi · 100 g 4
  8. 24 Roasted Vegetable Couscous Ainsley · 100 g 4
  9. 25 Lemon & Coriander Cous Cous Bramwells · 100g 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.