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Food additives, from least to most processed

We track 135 food additives, 68% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Ground Cinnamon.

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What makes food additives ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (26)

  1. 1 Ground Cinnamon Sainsbury's · 38g 1
  2. 2 SPM All Natural Gold Without Ascorbic Acid Red star 1
  3. 3 Bosh! Nooch! Nutritional yeast Bosh! · 100g 1
  4. 4 Pure Vanilla Extract Costco Wholesale Corporation · 473 mL (16 fl oz) 1
  5. 5 Saf-levure S.I.Lesaffre · 125 g 1
  6. 6 Moroccan Almond Extract Belbake · 38ml 1
  7. 7 Organic instant yeast Red star 1
  8. 8 Vanilla Extract Costco · 473ml 1
  9. 9 Pure Orange Extract Nielsen-Massey · 60 ml 1
  10. 10 Nutritional yeast vsf mini flake Red Star · 144 g 1
  11. 11 Nutritional Yeast Bragg · 127 g 1
  12. 12 Nutritional Yeast Bob's Red Mill · 5 oz (142 g) 1
  13. 13 Vegan Engevita Nutritional Yeast Flakes Marigold · 100 g 1
  14. 14 Savoury Super B12 Engevita Yeast Flakes Marigold · 100 g 1
  15. 15 Nutritional Yeast Flakes Engevita · 100g 1
  16. 16 Bicarbonate Of soda Dr. Oetker · 200g 1
  17. 17 Bicarbonate of soda Asda 1
  18. 18 Taste the Difference Madagascan Vanilla Extract Sainsbury's · 38 ml 1
  19. 19 Madagascan villa extract Waitrose · 38ml 1
  20. 20 Madagascar vanilla extract Cake Decor · 60ml 1
  21. 21 Water Drops Vital Zing 1
  22. 22 Bicarbonate of Soda Sainsbury's · 180 g 1
  23. 23 Ren bikarbonat universal Kryddhuset · 400 g 1
  24. 24 British self raising flour Sainsbury's 1
  25. 25 Bicarbonate of Soda Belbake · 200 g 1
  26. 26 Doves Farm Baking Powder Doves farm · 130 g 1

Processed culinary ingredient (2)

  1. 27 Almond Extract Sainsbury's · 38g 2
  2. 28 Pure Honey Liquid Atlantic Gold · 250g 2

Processed food (15)

  1. 29 Corn Starch Food Lion · 16 oz 3
  2. 30 Organic super raw honey 24 oz 3
  3. 31 Pure vanilla extract Nielsen-Massey 3
  4. 32 Organic Vanilla Essence Queen · 50ml 3
  5. 33 Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend Trader Joe's · 65 g 3
  6. 34 madagascan vanilla extract Tesco · 60ml 3
  7. 35 vanilla extract Asda · 60ml 3
  8. 36 Stevia Zero Splenda 3
  9. 37 Baking Powder Rumford · 230 g 3
  10. 38 Magic Baking Powder Kraft · 450g 3
  11. 39 Baking Powder, Double Acting Trader Joe's · 8.1 oz (230 g) 3
  12. 40 baking powder No Name · 450g 3
  13. 41 Free Baking powder imp Doves farm 3
  14. 42 Baking Powder 365 Everyday Value · 10 oz 3
  15. 43 Baking Powder Clabber Girl · 230g 3

Ultra-processed food (92)

  1. 44 Bubly drops SodaStream 4
  2. 45 Alternative sugar Splenda Zero Calorie Stevia · 9.7 g 4
  3. 46 Stevia Great value 4
  4. 47 Stockwell sweeteners Stockwell & Co 4
  5. 48 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Preema 4
  6. 49 Stevia with Erythritol Whole Earth · 350g 4
  7. 50 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Aldi The Pantry 4
  8. 51 Vanillinsocker ICA · 140 g 4
  9. 52 Stevia Pure Via 4
  10. 53 Dried Active Yeast Allinson's · 125g 4
  11. 54 Active Dry Yeast Fleischmann's · 4 oz 4
  12. 55 Zero Calorie Sweetener Volupta · 32 oz 4
  13. 56 color red Dr. Oetker · 30 ml 4
  14. 57 Yeast Allinson's · 2 x 11g 4
  15. 58 Rapidrise Instant Yeast Fleischmann's · 3 x 1/4 OZ Packets • NET WT 3/4 OZ (21g) 4
  16. 59 Bread Machine Instant Yeast Fleischmann's 4
  17. 60 Splenda Stevia Zero Calorie Sweetener Splenda 4
  18. 61 molly’s vanilla essence 38 ml 4
  19. 62 Easy bake Yeast Asda · 42g 4
  20. 63 Baking Powder The Pantry · 170 g 4
  21. 64 Baking powder Asda · 170 g 4
  22. 65 Bakpulver Garant · 225 g 4
  23. 66 Baking Powder Dr. Oetker · 170 g 4
  24. 67 Baking powder Cook · 150 g 4
  25. 68 Monk Fruit Splenda · 100 mL 4
  26. 69 Baking Powder Belbake · 170 g 4
  27. 70 Easy Bake Yeast Allinson's · 100g 4
  28. 71 Tiger Baguette Tesco 4
  29. 72 Baking Powder Borwick's · 200g 4
  30. 73 Baking Powder Sainsbury's · 160 g 4
  31. 74 Bakpulver ICA · 225 g 4
  32. 75 baking powder imp Argo · 340 gr 4
  33. 76 Baking Powder Waitrose & Partners · 160 g 4
  34. 77 Baking Powder McKenzie's · 125g 4
  35. 78 Baking Powder Tesco - Stockwell & Co · 150 g 4
  36. 79 Baking Powder Bob's Red Mill · 14 oz (397 g) 4
  37. 80 Golden Erythritol & Monk Fruit Whole Earth 4
  38. 81 Monkfruit Sweetener with Erythritol Lakanto · 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g 4
  39. 82 Stevia ounce bakers In the Raw 4
  40. 83 Quick Yeast Doves Farm · 125 g 4

Showing the first 40 of 92. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.