Herring, from least to most processed

We track 24 herring, 50% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Smoked Herring Fillets.

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What makes herring ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Smoked Herring Fillets Nixe · 190 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (11)

  1. 2 Wild Canadian Smoked Kippers Fillets in Brine John West · 200g NOVA group 3
  2. 3 Kipper Snacks Lightly Smoked Herring Fillets King Oscar · 1pcs NOVA group 3
  3. 4 Pilchards in Tomato Sauce BTM · 425g NOVA group 3
  4. 5 Smoked Herring Fillets Rugen Fisch · 6.69 oz (190g) NOVA group 3
  5. 6 Herring Snack Lisner · 100g NOVA group 3
  6. 7 Matjesfiléer Klädes Holmen · 630 g NOVA group 3
  7. 8 Dill marinated herring Silver Tide · 380g NOVA group 3
  8. 9 Arenque inlagd Abba · 240 g NOVA group 3
  9. 10 PK:s Inlagda sill KlAdes Holmen · 420 g NOVA group 3
  10. 11 Brantevikssill KlAdes Holmen · 420 g NOVA group 3
  11. 12 Rollmop Herrings Marks & Spencer · 280 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 13 Svartvinbärssill KlAdes Holmen · 420 g NOVA group 4
  2. 14 Juhla Ahti NOVA group 4
  3. 15 Senapssill Nautica · 215g/108g NOVA group 4
  4. 16 Herring dill marinade NOVA group 4
  5. 17 Kräftmarinerad sill Klädes Holmen · 420 g NOVA group 4
  6. 18 pilchards Glenryck · 155g NOVA group 4
  7. 19 Herring Fillets Brunswick · 3.53 oz (100g) NOVA group 4
  8. 20 Waitrose smoked kipper fillets Essential Waitrose · 200 g NOVA group 4
  9. 21 Herring Fillets in Egg Mustard Nixe · 200 g NOVA group 4
  10. 22 Senaps sill Garant · 550 g NOVA group 4
  11. 23 Senaps Sill Abba · 230 g NOVA group 4
  12. 24 Torekov senapsill Fiskexporten · 260 g 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.