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Frozen potatoes, from least to most processed

We track 22 frozen potatoes, 68% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Hashbrowns.

What makes frozen potatoes ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Hashbrowns Azure Market 1
  2. 2 Musgrave shoe string chips Musgrave · 2.5kg 1

Processed food (5)

  1. 3 Jackets Slow Baked McCain · 800 g 3
  2. 4 Klyftpotatis Eldorado · 750g 3
  3. 5 Hash Browns Harvest Basket · 750g 3
  4. 6 Hash browns Marks & Spencers · 750g 3
  5. 7 Roasted Potatoes With Peppers & Onions Trader Joe's · 24 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (15)

  1. 8 Straight Cut Chips Hearty Food Co. 4
  2. 9 Spicy Potato Wedges Tesco · 750g 4
  3. 10 Wedges Sainsbury's · 900g 4
  4. 11 Potato wedges Harvest Basket 4
  5. 12 Lightly Spiced Wedges McCain · 650g 4
  6. 13 Straight Cut Cavendish Farms · 800 g 4
  7. 14 Taters Seasoned Shredded Potato Tots Great Value · 32 oz 4
  8. 15 Roast potatoes Harvest Basket 4
  9. 16 12 Potato Waffles Four Seasons · 680 g 4
  10. 17 Potato Puffs Benson's Choice · 32 oz 4
  11. 18 Crispy Hash Browns Asda 4
  12. 19 Crispy Crowns Ore-Ida · 30 oz 4
  13. 20 Lightly Spiced Potato Wedges Four Seasons 4
  14. 21 McCain Thick Cut Chips McCain · 1 kg 4
  15. 22 Roasties Aunt Bessie's 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.