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Flavors, from least to most processed

We track 27 flavors, 56% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Ground Cinnamon.

What makes flavors ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (7)

  1. 1 Ground Cinnamon Sainsbury's · 38g 1
  2. 2 Pure Vanilla Extract Costco Wholesale Corporation · 473 mL (16 fl oz) 1
  3. 3 Vanilla Extract Costco · 473ml 1
  4. 4 Pure Orange Extract Nielsen-Massey · 60 ml 1
  5. 5 Taste the Difference Madagascan Vanilla Extract Sainsbury's · 38 ml 1
  6. 6 Madagascan villa extract Waitrose · 38ml 1
  7. 7 Madagascar vanilla extract Cake Decor · 60ml 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 8 Almond Extract Sainsbury's · 38g 2

Processed food (4)

  1. 9 Pure vanilla extract Nielsen-Massey 3
  2. 10 Organic Vanilla Essence Queen · 50ml 3
  3. 11 madagascan vanilla extract Tesco · 60ml 3
  4. 12 vanilla extract Asda · 60ml 3

Ultra-processed food (15)

  1. 13 Bubly drops SodaStream 4
  2. 14 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Preema 4
  3. 15 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Aldi The Pantry 4
  4. 16 Vanillinsocker ICA · 140 g 4
  5. 17 molly’s vanilla essence 38 ml 4
  6. 18 VANILLA Culinary Essence Foster Clark's 4
  7. 19 Artificial Vanilla Extract Great Value 4
  8. 20 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Dr. Oetker · 95ml 4
  9. 21 Madagascan Vanilla Dr. Oetker · 35ml 4
  10. 22 Madagascar Vanilla Extract Belbake 4
  11. 23 Caramel Monin · 700ml 4
  12. 24 Real Fruit Strawberry Watermelon Stur · 48 ml 4
  13. 25 Ice Pop Prime · 9.51 g 4
  14. 26 Strawberry Watermelon Liquid Water Enhancer MiO · 48 mL 4
  15. 27 Mango Peach Liquid Water Enhancer MiO · 48 mL 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.