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Frozen potato fries, from least to most processed

We track 31 frozen potato fries, 84% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Straight Cut Chips.

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What makes frozen potato fries ultra-processed

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

Processed food (5)

  1. 1 Straight Cut Chips Four Seasons · 1.5 kg 3
  2. 2 Crispy Crinkle Fries Strong Roots · 750g 3
  3. 3 Jackets McCain · 8 potato (1600 g) 3
  4. 4 French Fries McCain · 1pcs 3
  5. 5 Sweet Potato Super Fries Actual Veggies · 14 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (26)

  1. 6 Pommes Chips Felix · 600 g 4
  2. 7 Krispiga Pommes Felix · 600 g 4
  3. 8 Pommes Criss Cut Felix · 750 g 4
  4. 9 Crispy skinny fries Strong Roots · 750 g 4
  5. 10 Straight Cut Chips Hearty Food Co. 4
  6. 11 crinkle cut chips Tesco 4
  7. 12 French Fries Sainsbury's · 900 g 4
  8. 13 Homestyle Chips Harvest Basket · 1kg 4
  9. 14 French fries Four Seasons Gourmet Foods · 1 kg 4
  10. 15 Potato wedges Harvest Basket 4
  11. 16 Straight Cut Cavendish Farms · 800 g 4
  12. 17 Crispy Skin On Fries Harvest Basket 4
  13. 18 Alphabet Letters Aldi · 454 g 4
  14. 19 French Fries M&s Food · 1kg 4
  15. 20 Skin On Fries McCain · 800g 4
  16. 21 French Fries Four Seasons 4
  17. 22 Sweet Potato Fries Trader Joe's · 15 oz 4
  18. 23 Sweet potatoes Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  19. 24 Extra-Crispy French Fries Kirkland Signature · 3 oz 4
  20. 25 Curly Fries Harvest Basket · 400g 4
  21. 26 Crispy Sweet Potato Fries Harvie Basket · 500 g 4
  22. 27 Crispy Skin On Fries Four Seasons · 1kg 4
  23. 28 Mixed root vegetable fries Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  24. 29 Extra Crispy Fast Food Fries Ore-Ida · 26 oz 4
  25. 30 Pommes Frites Harvest Basket · 1 kg 4
  26. 31 Super crispy steak cut fries Lamb weston · 28 oz 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.