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Frozen vegetables, from least to most processed

We track 115 frozen vegetables, 20% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Riced Cauliflower.

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What makes frozen vegetables ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (66)

  1. 1 Riced Cauliflower FullGreen · 200 g 1
  2. 2 Broccoli Florets Birds Eye 1
  3. 3 Broccoli Florets Tesco · 900 g 1
  4. 4 Garden Peas Grower's Harvest 1
  5. 5 Broccoli Florets Great Value · 12 oz 1
  6. 6 Petits Pois Birdseye 1
  7. 7 Garden Peas Stamford Street Co · 850g 1
  8. 8 Leaf spinach Tesco · 900 g 1
  9. 9 British Curly Kale Tesco · 160g 1
  10. 10 Supersweet sweetcorn Sainsbury's 1
  11. 11 Broccoli flower Freshona 1
  12. 12 Freshona Haricots verts Freshona · 750 g 1
  13. 13 Broccoli florets Sainsbury's · 1 kg 1
  14. 14 Spinach Marketside · 10 oz 1
  15. 15 Haricots verts djupfrysta Eldorado · 1 kg 1
  16. 16 Sweet Peas Birds Eye · 10 oz 1
  17. 17 Chopped Spinach Great Value 1
  18. 18 Extra Fine Beans Tesco Finest 1
  19. 19 Garden Peas Dunnes Stores · 1080g 1
  20. 20 Butternut Squash Great Value · 500g 1
  21. 21 Freshona Hackad spenat Freshona · 750 g 1
  22. 22 Sweet Potatoes Great Value · 10 oz 1
  23. 23 Blomkål Garant · 500 g 1
  24. 24 Eldorado Broccolibuketter Axfood · 1 kg 1
  25. 25 Freshona Broccolibuketter Freshona · 750 g 1
  26. 26 Brysselkål Garant · 500 g 1
  27. 27 Ärter Eldorado · 1 kg 1
  28. 28 Hackad Gul lök Eldorado · 300 g 1
  29. 29 Hackad Spenat Eldorado · 1kg 1
  30. 30 Vitlök Axfood · 100 g 1
  31. 31 Diced onions Begro · 2500 g 1
  32. 32 Hackad Spenat ICA 1
  33. 33 Frozen avocado Pack’d 1
  34. 34 Edamame, peeled (Green Soy beans) Len Xiang Bông Sen · 400 g 1
  35. 35 Steamfresh family favourite mix Birds Eye · 4 x 135g 1
  36. 36 Frozen peppers Sainsbury's 1
  37. 37 Légumes vapeur GREEN Grocer'S · 640g 1
  38. 38 Pepper & Onion Blend Great Value · 20 oz 1
  39. 39 Riced Veggies Cauliflower Risotto Medley Green Giant · 10 oz 1
  40. 40 steamfresh sunshine mix Birds Eye · 540 g 1

Showing the first 40 of 66. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 67 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook 2

Processed food (25)

  1. 68 Cauliflower Oaklands · 750g 3
  2. 69 Stir fry vegetables Sainsbury’s 3
  3. 70 Salted Edamame Trader Joe's · 16 oz 3
  4. 71 Organic Riced Cauliflower Trader Giotto's · 340g 3
  5. 72 Straight cut oven chips Waitrose · 900g 3
  6. 73 Mélange Wok Freshona · 1000 g 3
  7. 74 Findus Klassisk blandning Ärter, majs & paprika Findus · 600 g 3
  8. 75 Grilled vegetable mix Waitrose 3
  9. 76 Findus World Selection Wok Classic Big Pack Findus · 900 g 3
  10. 77 Fire Roasted Vegetable Mélange PuraVida 3
  11. 78 Wok Classic Style Findus 3
  12. 79 Vegetable with fine butter herb sauce Freshona · 300g 3
  13. 80 Cauliflower Cheese Aldi · 750g 3
  14. 81 Stir Fry Vegetable Mix Tesco · 600 g 3
  15. 82 Cauliflower Cheese Sainsbury's · 1 x 680g 3
  16. 83 Fire Roasted Vegetable Primavera Puravida · 1 kg 3
  17. 84 Chargrilled veg Morrison’s · 500 g 3
  18. 85 Mediterranean veg Tesco 3
  19. 86 Cauliflower Cheese Tesco · 350g 3
  20. 87 steam bags giant cous cous, vegetables and quiona Asda · 4 x 150 g 3
  21. 88 green medley BirdsEye · 300 g 3
  22. 89 Organic Riced Cauliflower Stir Fry Tattooed Chef 3
  23. 90 Asian stirfry Amy’s · 9.0 oz 3
  24. 91 Gemüsepfanne Asiatische Art Freshona · 750g 3
  25. 92 Vegetable Yakisoba Ajinomoto · 54 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (23)

  1. 93 Felix Ekologiska Potatisbullar Felix · 650 g 4
  2. 94 Roasted Seasoned Brussels Sprouts with Parmesan Cheese Trader Joe's · 16 oz 4
  3. 95 Sweet Potato Hash Brown Strong Roots · 350 g 4
  4. 96 Pacific Protein Blend Olive Oil & Seasoned Whole Foods Market · 12 oz 4
  5. 97 Spicy Mexican-Style Riced Cauliflower Trader Joe's 4
  6. 98 Mexican Style Stir Fry Veg Mix Freshona · 750 g 4
  7. 99 Mandarin Style Orange Chicken Bowl Trader Joe's · 13 oz (369 g) 4
  8. 100 Seasoned Veggies Mediterranean Blend Green Giant 4
  9. 101 Stir Fry Greens Strong Roots · 425g 4
  10. 102 Lightly Spiced Wedges McCain · 650g 4
  11. 103 Spenatpinnar Findus Norge As 4
  12. 104 Creamed Spinach Green Giant · 226 g 4
  13. 105 Taters Seasoned Shredded Potato Tots Great Value · 32 oz 4
  14. 106 Sweet Potato Chips Tesco · 4 servings, weighs 500g 4
  15. 107 Honey Glazed Parsnips Aunt Bessie's · 500g 4
  16. 108 Steam fresh Birds Eye 4
  17. 109 Aunt Bessies Hunt Bessie's Ba GLUTEN FREE Crispy S Aunt Bessie’s 4
  18. 110 Maika, Color Full Mix Multi Veggie Burgers Maika Foods Llc · 300 g 4
  19. 111 Chicken Tikka Biryani Iceland · 750g 4
  20. 112 Sweet Potatoe Fries Four seasons · 500g 4
  21. 113 Mixed root vegetable fries Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  22. 114 Onion rings Lidl 4
  23. 115 Sweet corn elote bowl Purple Carrot 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.