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Frozen cakes and pastries, from least to most processed

We track 13 frozen cakes and pastries, 85% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Mini filo spinach bites.

What makes frozen cakes and pastries ultra-processed

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

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Mini filo spinach bites 320 g 3
  2. 2 Spanakopita Mediterra · 26.45 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (11)

  1. 3 Buttermilk Waffles Eggo · 10, 349 g 4
  2. 4 6 all butter pains au chocolate Sainsbury's 4
  3. 5 Homestyle Waffles Eggo · 349 g 4
  4. 6 Kladdkaka ICA · 400g 4
  5. 7 Chocolatey Chip Waffles Eggo · 12.3 oz (349g, 10 waffles) 4
  6. 8 Marabou Mjölkchoklad Kladdkaka Almondy · 420 g 4
  7. 9 Kvarnvingen Kladdkaka Kvarnvingen · 400 g 4
  8. 10 Blueberry Waffles Eggo · 12.3 oz (350 g, 10 waffles) 4
  9. 11 Schokoladentorte Toblerone Almondy · 400 g 4
  10. 12 Jordgubbstårta Frödinge 4
  11. 13 Princesstårta Frödinge · 480g 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.