Frozen fishes, from least to most processed

We track 49 frozen fishes, 78% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pavés de saumon Rose du Pacifique.

What makes frozen fishes ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (7)

  1. 1 Pavés de saumon Rose du Pacifique Ocean Sea · 200g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 White Fish Fillets Bay Fishmongers · 520g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Boneless Wild Pink Salmon Fillets The Fishmonger · 400g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Atlantic Salmon Fillets Marketside · 32 oz NOVA group 1
  5. 5 The Fishmonger Skinless & Boneless Yellowfin Tuna Steaks The Fishmonger · 360g NOVA group 1
  6. 6 White fish fillets J. James & Family · 520g NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Tuna steaks Iceland · 400 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (4)

  1. 8 ready cooked sea food selection The Fishmonger · 350g NOVA group 3
  2. 9 Fish Fingers Everyday Essentials · 250g NOVA group 3
  3. 10 Kaluri Torskpanetter Kaluri · 250 g (4 x 62,50 g) NOVA group 3
  4. 11 Kaluri Laxpanetter Kaluri · 250 g (4 x 62,50 g) NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (38)

  1. 12 Breaded Cod Fillets by Sainsbury's Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  2. 13 Boneless Wild Pink Salmon Fillets Lidl NOVA group 4
  3. 14 Crispy Hash Brown Fish Burger Birds Eye NOVA group 4
  4. 15 Young's Simply Breaded Omega 3 4 Fish Fillets Young's NOVA group 4
  5. 16 Oven Bake 6 Original Crumb Birds Eye · 425 g NOVA group 4
  6. 17 Breaded Fish Sticks Trader Joe's · 1 LB (454 g) NOVA group 4
  7. 18 Garlic & Herb Yellowfin Sole Fillets Gastro · 250g NOVA group 4
  8. 19 2 breaded chunky cod fillets Waitrose · 350 g NOVA group 4
  9. 20 2 Kiln Smoked Basa Fillets Lighthouse Bay · 240 g NOVA group 4
  10. 21 30 Omega 3 Fish Fingers Tesco · 900 grams NOVA group 4
  11. 22 Breaded Omega 3 Pollock Fillet Fish Fingers Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  12. 23 Torskpanetter Kaluri · 250g NOVA group 4
  13. 24 Extra Large Battered Cod Fillets Aldi · 460 g NOVA group 4
  14. 25 Breaded Cod Donegal Catch · 4 NOVA group 4
  15. 26 Breaded Chunky Cod Fillet Russells NOVA group 4
  16. 27 Breaded haddock fillets Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  17. 28 Bird's Eye breaded haddock BirdsEye NOVA group 4
  18. 29 Chunky Haddock Fish Fingers Waitrose · 340 g NOVA group 4
  19. 30 Omega 3 fish fingers Tesco · 300g NOVA group 4
  20. 31 Cod fillet fish fingers Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  21. 32 2 Fish Fillets Lightly Dusted with Sea salt and Rosemary Birds Eye · 280g NOVA group 4
  22. 33 Lemon & Pepper Fish Fillets Young's · 270 g NOVA group 4
  23. 34 Yellowfin sole NOVA group 4
  24. 35 TK Fish & Chips Hatherwood · 330 gram NOVA group 4
  25. 36 Lemon and Herb Basa Aldi · 310 g NOVA group 4
  26. 37 Tempura Battered Lemon & Herb Basa Fillets Youngs · 310g, 155g per fish NOVA group 4
  27. 38 Deluxe Chunky breaded Haddock fishfingers Lidl NOVA group 4
  28. 39 battered fish fillets Birds Eye · 200g NOVA group 4
  29. 40 Young's Gastro Calamari Young’s · 250g NOVA group 4
  30. 41 Deluxe Extra Large Beer Battered Haddock Fillets By LIDL Lidl · 460 g NOVA group 4
  31. 42 Youngs 4 Fish steaks in a creamy butter sauce Young's · 1 560g NOVA group 4
  32. 43 2 Extra Large Beer Battered Haddock Fillets Aldi · 460g NOVA group 4
  33. 44 Breaded haddock fillets Lidl NOVA group 4
  34. 45 The Ultimate Fish Stick Trident Seafoods · 4 lb (1.81kg) NOVA group 4
  35. 46 Breaded Fish Fillets Aldi · 500g NOVA group 4
  36. 47 Fisk Nuggets Eldorado · 700 g NOVA group 4
  37. 48 2 Smoked Haddock Fishcakes TESCO finest · 290g NOVA group 4
  38. 49 Beer Battered Alaska Cod Jewel Osco · 40 oz NOVA group 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.