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Fermented vegetables, from least to most processed

We track 44 fermented vegetables, 11% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sauerkraut.

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What makes fermented vegetables ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Sauerkraut 1
  2. 2 Kapusta Kiszona Sauerkraut Moryń · 870g 1

Processed food (37)

  1. 3 Sauerkraut Kühne · 796 mL 3
  2. 4 Organic Raw Sauerkraut Hurly Burly · 300 g 3
  3. 5 Organic Sauerkraut Loving Foods · 475g 3
  4. 6 Traditional german barrel sauerkraut Carl Kuhne Kg 3
  5. 7 Sauerkraut Baxters 3
  6. 8 Sauerkraut Wildbrine · 1418g 3
  7. 9 Organic Sauerkraut Biona 3
  8. 10 Sauerkraut Dawtona · 500 g (drained : 335 g) 3
  9. 11 German Style Sauerkraut Deutsche Küche · 24 oz 3
  10. 12 Classic Sauerkraut Cleveland Kitchen 3
  11. 13 Sauerkraut with Pickled Persian Cucumbers Trader Joe's · 18 oz 3
  12. 14 Sauerkraut Bavarian Style Hengstenberg · 130g 3
  13. 15 Kimchi Vadasz · 400g 3
  14. 16 Raw garlic and dill sauerkraut Vadasz · 400g 3
  15. 17 Golden turmeric Biona Organic 3
  16. 18 sauerkraut Vadasz · 275 gms 3
  17. 19 Kimchi original Risberg · 215 g 3
  18. 20 Ruby Beetroot Sauerkraut Biona · 350 g 3
  19. 21 Korean Kimchi Yutaka · 200 g 3
  20. 22 Femented Kimchi Loving Foods · 500g 3
  21. 23 Vegansk Kimchi Nandin · 350g 3
  22. 24 Super-Beet Kimchi Vadasz · 400g 3
  23. 25 Kimchi Sun Hee · 190g 3
  24. 26 Kimchi Cleveland Kitchen · 454g 3
  25. 27 Classic Kimchi Mrs Elswood 3
  26. 28 Kimchi Spicy Cleveland Kitchen · 16 oz 3
  27. 29 Organic kimchi Biona Organic · 350g (drained weight 220g) 3
  28. 30 Kimchi with Tumeric and Black Pepper Loving Foods · 500g 3
  29. 31 Baxter’s kimchi Baxters · 300g 3
  30. 32 Seoul Kimchi Original Lucky Foods · 396 g 3
  31. 33 Cut Cabbage Kimchi Chongga · 300 g, 10.58 oz 3
  32. 34 Fermented Classic Kimchi (Chilli & Garlic) M&S Food 3
  33. 35 Strimlad Surkäl Plivit · 880 g 3
  34. 36 Spicy Fermented Napa Cabbage Trader Joe's · 300g 10.58oz 3
  35. 37 Raw Sauerkraut 3
  36. 38 Shredded Kraut Silver Floss 3
  37. 39 Rolnik Surkål 900ml Vatan Engros As 3

Ultra-processed food (5)

  1. 40 Red Cabbage with Apple Deutsche Küche · 24 oz (680g) 4
  2. 41 Young Radish Leaves Kimchi Jongga · 500 g 4
  3. 42 Kimchi Stir-Fried Kimchi Cabbage Jongga · 160 gram 4
  4. 43 Kimchi Wang · 410 g 4
  5. 44 Sliced Napa Cabbage Kimchi Bibigo · 150 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.