Lime juices, from least to most processed

We track 9 lime juices, 22% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Ekologisk limejuice.

What makes lime juices ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Ekologisk limejuice Garant · 250 ml NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Ekologisk 100% Lime Juice I Love ECO · 250 ml NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Lime juice Italia Garden NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Key west lime juice Nellie & Joe's · 16 Fl. oz. NOVA group 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 5 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook NOVA group 2

Processed food (2)

  1. 6 Limejuice Gastrino · 1 l NOVA group 3
  2. 7 Lime Juice From Concentrate Asda · 250ml NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 8 Freshly Squeezed Limeade - Still Lidl · 1 l NOVA group 4
  2. 9 Lime squash Tesco · 1.5 litres 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.