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Leaf vegetables, from least to most processed

We track 77 leaf vegetables, 17% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Baby Spinach.

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What makes leaf vegetables ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (44)

  1. 1 Organic Baby Spinach Earthbound Farm · 16 oz. (1 lb.) 454 g 1
  2. 2 Baby Spinach Lidl · 240 g 1
  3. 3 Tesco British Baby Spinach Tesco · 250g 1
  4. 4 Italian wild rocket Tesco 1
  5. 5 Spinach Lidl 1
  6. 6 Baby Spinach Sainsbury's · 100g 1
  7. 7 Pak Choi Oaklands · 2 pcs 1
  8. 8 Leaf spinach Tesco · 900 g 1
  9. 9 British Curly Kale Tesco · 160g 1
  10. 10 Cauliflower Rice Tesco · 600g 1
  11. 11 Young Spinach Sainsbury's 1
  12. 12 Romaine Hearts Tesco 1
  13. 13 Cauliflower Florets Asda · 400g 1
  14. 14 Cauliflower Sainsbury's · 1 1
  15. 15 Iceberg Lettuce Foxy · 1 Medium Head 1
  16. 16 Baby Spinach Attitude · 312 g 1
  17. 17 Spinach Marketside · 10 oz 1
  18. 18 Chopped Spinach Great Value 1
  19. 19 Baby Spinach Trader Joe's · 85 g 1
  20. 20 Spinach Little Salad Bar Aldi 1
  21. 21 Wild Rocket Sainsbury's · 60g 1
  22. 22 Baby Spinach Fresh Attitude · 142 g 1
  23. 23 Baby spinach Tesco 1
  24. 24 Baby Spinach Eat Well · 80g 1
  25. 25 Spinach Little Salad Bar · 8 oz 1
  26. 26 Freshona Hackad spenat Freshona · 750 g 1
  27. 27 Spenat Vidinge · 250 g 1
  28. 28 Blomkål Garant · 500 g 1
  29. 29 Ekologisk babyspenat Axfood · 175 g 1
  30. 30 Hackad Spenat Eldorado · 1kg 1
  31. 31 Ekologisk ruccola Garant · 65 g 1
  32. 32 Finbladig babyspenat Garant · 65 g 1
  33. 33 Krispsallad Garant · 75 g 1
  34. 34 Ekologisk babyspinat Garant · 65 g 1
  35. 35 Finstrimlad isbergssallad Garant · 125 g 1
  36. 36 Hackad Spenat ICA 1
  37. 37 Bistro Salad 1
  38. 38 Real Southern Style Collard Greens Margaret Holmes · 397 g 1
  39. 39 Classic coleslaw Lidl · 14 oz 1
  40. 40 Supernormal Mixsallad Ljusgårda · 60 g 1

Showing the first 40 of 44. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Processed food (20)

  1. 45 Cauliflower Oaklands · 750g 3
  2. 46 Organic Riced Cauliflower Trader Giotto's · 340g 3
  3. 47 Spinach pure KIC · 795g 3
  4. 48 Surkål Nevalan · 400 g 3
  5. 49 Pickled Red Cabbage Sainsbury's 3
  6. 50 Italian Style Salad M&S Food · 65g 3
  7. 51 Cauliflower Cheese Aldi · 750g 3
  8. 52 Green Vegetable Medley TESCO finest · 220 g 3
  9. 53 Kimchi Cleveland Kitchen · 454g 3
  10. 54 Pickled pink slaw Tesco · 140g 3
  11. 55 Cauliflower Cheese Tesco · 350g 3
  12. 56 Cauliflower Cheese Marks & Spencer · 450 g 3
  13. 57 Chickpea spinach quinoa Waitrose 3
  14. 58 Quinoa & Green Pea Salad Waitrose · 165g 3
  15. 59 Feta Crumb & Lemon Quinoa Salad Waitrose · 220 g 3
  16. 60 Indian Spiced Bombay Potato Grain Bowl Pollen + Grace 3
  17. 61 Beetroot Apple & Pink Cabbage Slaw with a Yogurt Dressing M&S Food · 200g 3
  18. 62 Cauliflower Cheese Inspired Cuisine · 400g 3
  19. 63 red cabbage Tesco 3
  20. 64 Eat Your Greens Feta Salad Pea & Chilli Crush Tesco · 240 g 3

Ultra-processed food (13)

  1. 65 Red Cabbage with Apple Deutsche Küche · 24 oz (680g) 4
  2. 66 Broccoli & Kale Slaw Trader Joe's · 11 oz 4
  3. 67 Naturally Fermented Kimchi Jongga · 42.3oz (1.2kg) 4
  4. 68 Sweet Kale Chopped Salad Kit Twin Pack Eat Smart · 2x 14oz (397g) 4
  5. 69 Taste the difference giant couscous & feta salad Sainsbury's 4
  6. 70 Feta & Mixed Grains Salad Taste the Difference 4
  7. 71 Pickled Red Cabbage Freshona · 320 g 4
  8. 72 Humous & Falafel Mezze Salad Pret A Manger 4
  9. 73 Red cabbage & apple Tesco 4
  10. 74 Mediterranean Crunch Chopped Kit Taylor Farms · 12 oz 4
  11. 75 Spicy Mexican Style Salad Bowl Asda 4
  12. 76 Organic Caesar Salad Kit Earthbound Farm 4
  13. 77 Southwest Chopped Salad Kit Member's Mark 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.