Is it ultra-processed?
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Lemons, from least to most processed

We track 13 lemons, 23% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Lemons.

What makes lemons ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (7)

  1. 1 Lemons Garcia Aranda S.L. · 500g 1
  2. 2 Lemons Sainsbury's · 5 1
  3. 3 Suntrail Farms Lemons Tesco · 4 1
  4. 4 Lemon Tesco 1
  5. 5 Seedless Lemons Wonderful 1
  6. 6 Pressade citroner ReaLemon · 25 cl 1
  7. 7 Citroner 500 g 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 8 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook 2

Processed food (2)

  1. 9 Lemon 3
  2. 10 Citroner, verna 500 g 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 11 Organix Lime Organix · 34 4
  2. 12 Lemons 4
  3. 13 Limonata Citron Mino · 33 cl 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.