Garlics and their products, from least to most processed

We track 11 garlics and their products, 27% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Grovmalen vitlök.

What makes garlics and their products ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of garlics and their products that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Grovmalen vitlök Kania · 200g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Garlic Granules Tesco · 56 g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Garlic Powder Tesco NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Fresh a peeled garlic 6 oz NOVA group 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 5 Garlic & Herb Butter Asda · 90g NOVA group 2

Processed food (3)

  1. 6 Lkk minced garlic Lee Kum Kee · 213 g NOVA group 3
  2. 7 Garlic Puree in Sunflower Oil GIA · 90g NOVA group 3
  3. 8 Minced Garlic Lee Kum Kee · 326 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 9 Garlic & Parsley Ciabatta TESCO finest · 61g NOVA group 4
  2. 10 Garlic paste Santa Maria · 80 g NOVA group 4
  3. 11 Garlic Gold 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.