Is it ultra-processed?
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Fresh meals, from least to most processed

We track 9 fresh meals, 67% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Mature British Cheddar.

What makes fresh meals ultra-processed

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

Processed food (3)

  1. 1 Mature British Cheddar Marks & Spencer · 330 g e 3
  2. 2 Coconut lentil turmeric daal BOL · 450 g 3
  3. 3 Smoky BBQ Pork Rib Rack Sainsbury's 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 4 Smoked Salmon and Broccoli Quiche Marks & Spencer · 400 g 4
  2. 5 Taste The Difference Multi Grain Bread Sainsbury's · 800g 4
  3. 6 Thai Green Curry Bluetooth Diamond Almond · 253g 4
  4. 7 Färsk ravioli funghi Garant · 250 g 4
  5. 8 Chicken Tikka Masala and Pilau Rice Charlie Bigham's · 403g 4
  6. 9 Shiitake Mushroom Poke Raku · 314g 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.