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Frozen plant-based foods mixes, from least to most processed

We track 49 frozen plant-based foods mixes, 39% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Black seedless grapes.

What makes frozen plant-based foods mixes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of frozen plant-based foods mixes that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (19)

  1. 1 Black seedless grapes Tesco · 500g 1
  2. 2 Steamfresh family favourite mix Birds Eye · 4 x 135g 1
  3. 3 Pepper & Onion Blend Great Value · 20 oz 1
  4. 4 steamfresh sunshine mix Birds Eye · 540 g 1
  5. 5 Ärter, majs & paprika Axfood · 1 kg 1
  6. 6 Eldorado Ärter, majs & paprika Axfood · 1 kg 1
  7. 7 Mixed Vegetables Freshona · 1 kg 1
  8. 8 Chargrilled mediterranean vegetables Sainsbury's 1
  9. 9 Mixed Vegetables Four Seasons 1
  10. 10 Mixed Vegetables Great Value · 12 oz 1
  11. 11 Eldorado Sommargrönsaker Axfood · 1 kg 1
  12. 12 Freshona Sommargrönsaker Freshona · 1 000 g 1
  13. 13 Country mixed vegetables Freshona · 1kg 1
  14. 14 Riced Veggies Cauliflower Medley Green Giant · 10 oz 1
  15. 15 Wokmix Eldorado · 1 kg 1
  16. 16 Wokgrönsaker ICA Basic · 1kg 1
  17. 17 Wok Asia Garant · 500 g 1
  18. 18 Asian Vegetable Mix Bio Inside · 400g 1
  19. 19 Asian Stir Fry Mix Four Seasons Gourmet Foods · 750g 1

Processed food (11)

  1. 20 Mélange Wok Freshona · 1000 g 3
  2. 21 Findus Klassisk blandning Ärter, majs & paprika Findus · 600 g 3
  3. 22 Klassisk Kinamix Findus · 500 g 3
  4. 23 Findus World Selection Wok Classic Big Pack Findus · 900 g 3
  5. 24 Fire Roasted Vegetable Mélange PuraVida 3
  6. 25 Wok Classic Style Findus 3
  7. 26 Vegetable with fine butter herb sauce Freshona · 300g 3
  8. 27 Stir Fry Vegetable Mix Tesco · 600 g 3
  9. 28 Steamfresh golden vegetable rice Birds Eye 3
  10. 29 Chargrilled veg Morrison’s · 500 g 3
  11. 30 Mediterranean veg Tesco 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 31 Korean Style Vegetables And Mixed Rice Merchant Gourmet · 400 g 4
  2. 32 Onion Rings Marks & Spencer · 65g 4
  3. 33 Stir Fry Greens Strong Roots · 425g 4
  4. 34 Original Sausage Patties MorningStar Farms · 8 oz 4
  5. 35 Garden Veggie Burgers Morning Star FARMS · 268 g 4
  6. 36 Chicken rice bowl with teriyaki sauce Bibigo · 364g 4
  7. 37 Grillers Prime Burgers Vegetarian MorningStar FARMS · 10 oz 4
  8. 38 Spicy Black Bean Burgers MorningStar Farms 4
  9. 39 Grillers Original Burgers Morning Star Farms · 256 g 4
  10. 40 Chicken Tikka Biryani Iceland · 750g 4
  11. 41 Mixed root vegetable fries Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  12. 42 Chik'n Nuggets Morning Star FARMS 4
  13. 43 Buffalo Chik'n Patties Morningstar Farms · 10 oz 4
  14. 44 Battered Onion Rings Sainsbury's 4
  15. 45 Original Chik'n Patties MorningStar Farms · 10 oz 4
  16. 46 Onion rings Lidl 4
  17. 47 Sausage Links Morning Star Farms · 5pcs 4
  18. 48 Corn Dogs Morningstar Farms · 10 oz 4
  19. 49 Vegetarian Bacon Strips Morningstar Farms · 3pcs 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.