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Flavoured nuts, from least to most processed

We track 8 flavoured nuts, 63% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips.

What makes flavoured nuts ultra-processed

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

Processed food (3)

  1. 1 Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Potato Chips Miss Vickie's · 8 oz 3
  2. 2 Roasted almonds, unsalted Kroger · 32 oz 3
  3. 3 Yaemon Tamari Roasted Almonds Clearspring · 30g 3

Ultra-processed food (5)

  1. 4 Honey Roasted Pistachios Wonderful · 5.5 oz 4
  2. 5 Honey Roasted Almonds Blue Diamond · 16 oz (454 g) 4
  3. 6 Wonderful Jalapeño Lime Pistachios Wonderful · 5.5 oz 4
  4. 7 Pistachios Chili Roasted No Shells Wonderful · 11 oz 4
  5. 8 Smoky BBQ Almonds and Cashews Snackrite · 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.