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Ice pops, from least to most processed

We track 24 ice pops, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Juice Orange Ice Lollies.

What makes ice pops ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Juice Orange Ice Lollies Del Monte 1
  2. 2 Pip organic rainbow fruity lollies Pip Organic · 6x 40ml 1

Processed food (4)

  1. 3 Valencia Orange Juice Lollies Tesco · 292ml (4 x 73ml) 3
  2. 4 Taste The Difference Orange Ice Lollies Sainsbury's · 4 x 73ml 3
  3. 5 Coconut lolly Sainsbury's · 4 x 73 ml 3
  4. 6 pineapple coconut & lime fruit lollies M&S Food 3

Ultra-processed food (18)

  1. 7 Sun Lolly Bringebær 10pk Cuveco As 4
  2. 8 Pink Lemonade Lollies Aldi · 292g 4
  3. 9 Sun Lolly - Strawberry Sun Lolly · 10 x 60 ml 4
  4. 10 little Jude’s watermelon rockets imp Jude’s · 6x55g 4
  5. 11 Kaninis Triumf Glass · 10 x 57 g 4
  6. 12 No Sugar Added Pineapple, Lemon, and Mango Frozen Fruit Mini Pops Variety Pack Outshine · 18 fl oz 4
  7. 13 Piggelin GB Glace · 55g 4
  8. 14 Piggelin 10 x 55g 4
  9. 15 Superfruit Organic Freezie Pops DeeBee's Organics 4
  10. 16 Mr Freeze Freeze Pops Conaxess Trade Norge As · 20x45ml 4
  11. 17 8 Rocket Lollies By Sainsbury's · 464 g 4
  12. 18 Melon Frozen Dessert Bar Melona · 24 2.7 fl oz (80ml) 4
  13. 19 Watermelon water ice & apple water ice with chocolate flavoured pieces Rowntree's 4
  14. 20 Calippo Wall's · 5 x 420g 4
  15. 21 Fruit Pastilles Rowntree's · 4x66.5g 4
  16. 22 Fruit Twisties Rowntrees 4
  17. 23 Fruit Stack 4
  18. 24 Päron splitt Unilever · 420 g 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.