Is it ultra-processed?
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Mashed vegetables, from least to most processed

We track 16 mashed vegetables, 25% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Tomato Puree Double Concentrate.

What makes mashed vegetables ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (5)

  1. 1 Tomato Puree Double Concentrate Sainsbury's · 312 g 1
  2. 2 Ekologisk Tomatpuré Garant · 200 g 1
  3. 3 Tomatpuré Coop · 200 g 1
  4. 4 Organic mamia Aldi 1
  5. 5 Tomato Purée Baresa · 200 g 1

Processed food (7)

  1. 6 Passata Rossoro de Toscane Mutti · 400 g - 388 ml 3
  2. 7 Passata di pomodoro La Rosina · 680 g 3
  3. 8 Pease pudding Durhamfoods · 227 g 3
  4. 9 Organic Avocado Mash with Sea Salt & Black Pepper Good Foods · 32 oz 3
  5. 10 Carrot & Swede Mash Inspired Cuisine (Aldi) · 450 g 3
  6. 11 passat Cirio · 500g 3
  7. 12 Tomates broyees et filtrees Aurora · 660 ml 3

Ultra-processed food (4)

  1. 13 Pease Pudding Foresight · 410g 4
  2. 14 Mushy Peas Harry Ramsden's · 300g 4
  3. 15 Original Mushy Peas Batchelors · 300g 4
  4. 16 Savers Mushy Peas Morrisons · 300 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.