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Hoisin sauces, from least to most processed

We track 15 hoisin sauces, 87% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Hoisin Sauce.

What makes hoisin sauces ultra-processed

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

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Hoisin Sauce Koon Chun Hing Kee Soy & Sauce Fty.Ltd. 3
  2. 2 Plum & Hoisin Stir Fry Sauce M&S Food · 150g 3

Ultra-processed food (13)

  1. 3 Plum and Hoisin Stir Fry Sauce Tesco · 165g 4
  2. 4 Hoisin Sauce 4
  3. 5 Hoisin Sauce Lee Kum Kee · 443 mL, 567 g. 4
  4. 6 Hoisin Dipping Sauce Sharwood's · 290g 4
  5. 7 Hoisin Sauce Asia Specialities · 315 g 4
  6. 8 Plum and hoisin sauce Gressingham 4
  7. 9 Hoisin Sauce Tesco · 320 g 4
  8. 10 Hoisin Dipping Sauce Tesco · 290 g 4
  9. 11 Hoisin Sauce Sainsbury's · 150 ml 4
  10. 12 Hoisin &garlic stir fry sauce Blue Dragon · 120g 4
  11. 13 Rich hoisin sauce Blue Dragon · 190ml 4
  12. 14 Hoisin Sauce Taste Of 4
  13. 15 Hoisin Sauce Flying Goose Brand · 200ml 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.