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Ground beef preparations, from least to most processed

We track 12 ground beef preparations, 33% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Grass Fed Ground Beef 80/20.

What makes ground beef preparations ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of ground beef preparations that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Grass Fed Ground Beef 80/20 Thousand Hills · 1 lb 1
  2. 2 Hickory nut gap meats, ground beef Hickory Nut Gap Meats · 16 oz 1
  3. 3 Ground Beef 93% Lean 7% Fat Sam’s Club 1
  4. 4 Lean Ground Beef Publix 1

Processed food (4)

  1. 5 Hamburgare Eldorado · 1,44 kg (16 x 90 g) 3
  2. 6 Beef Quarter Pounders Tesco · 454 g 3
  3. 7 Hamburgare av Nötfärs Coop · 452 g 3
  4. 8 Hamburgare - Nötkött John's Selection · 0,452 kg 3

Ultra-processed food (4)

  1. 9 Hamburgare Svenska Hamburgare · 1800 g 4
  2. 10 Hamburger Original ICA · 452 g (4 * 113 g) 4
  3. 11 Scan Hamburgare original Scan · 540 g (6 x 90 g) 4
  4. 12 Cooked Meatballs Italian-Style Beef Kirkland Signature · 96 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.