Is it ultra-processed?
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Meat patties, from least to most processed

We track 20 meat patties, 50% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is 100% Grass-Fed Beef Patties.

What makes meat patties ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 100% Grass-Fed Beef Patties Kirkland · 15 x 1/3 lb 1
  2. 2 Beef Patties Force of Nature · 10 oz 1
  3. 3 Chile Lime Chicken Burgers Trader Joe's · 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g 1

Processed food (7)

  1. 4 Beef Quarter Pounders Tesco · 454 g 3
  2. 5 2 British Aberdeen Angus Beef Steak Burgers Asda · 340 g 3
  3. 6 Tomato, Basil & Garlic All-Natural Chicken Patties Mighty Spark · 9 oz 3
  4. 7 Middle Eastern Style Kebabs Seasoned Beef Patties Trader Joe's 3
  5. 8 2 steak burgers Sainsbury's · 340g 3
  6. 9 Quarter Louder Beef Steak Burgers Saintsbury's : Taste the Difference 3
  7. 10 Wagyu burgers Warrendale · 340 g 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 11 Angus Choice Beef Patties Don Lee Farms · 3 lbs (48 oz) 4
  2. 12 Kycklingburgare Axfood · 900 g, 10st à 90 g styck 4
  3. 13 Breakfast Pork Patties Braemoor · 342 g 4
  4. 14 4 aberdeen angus beef quarter pounders Aldi · 454 g 4
  5. 15 Kyckling Pikant Argeta · 95g 4
  6. 16 Bredbart pålägg Kyckling Argeta · 95g 4
  7. 17 British Wagyu Burgers Specially Selected · 340 g 4
  8. 18 4 Reduced Fat Beef Quarter Pounders Continental Grill · 454 g 4
  9. 19 Highland Game Venison Grillsteak Highland game · 300 g 4
  10. 20 Turkey Burgers McCaghey · 400 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.