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Meats and their products, from least to most processed

We track 1,998 meats and their products, 68% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Ground Beef.

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (76)

  1. 1 Organic Ground Beef Kirkland Signature · 3 x 1.34 lb 1
  2. 2 100% Grass-Fed Beef Patties Kirkland · 15 x 1/3 lb 1
  3. 3 British beef mince 20% fat Aldi · 500g 1
  4. 4 British Beef Mince 20% Fat Tesco · 500g 1
  5. 5 British Chicken Mini Breast Fillets Tesco · 400 g 1
  6. 6 Lean Turkey Mince Ashfields · 500g 1
  7. 7 12% Fat Beef Mince Sainsbury's · 500g 1
  8. 8 Chicken Breast Fillets Ashfields · 650g 1
  9. 9 British Beef Mince Higher Welfare 12% Fat Waitrose · 500 1
  10. 10 Ground Beef 93/7 Wegmans · 48 oz 1
  11. 11 Grass Fed Ground Beef Spring Crossing Cattle · 112 g 1
  12. 12 Chicken wings Willow farms · 0.963kg 1
  13. 13 Ground Beef Simply Nature · 16 oz 1
  14. 14 Grass-Fed Ground Beef Marketside Organic · 16 oz 1
  15. 15 Beef Mince 10% Fat Aldi · 500g 1
  16. 16 Grass-Fed Ground Beef Marketside · 16 oz 1
  17. 17 British Chicken Breast Fillets Tesco 1
  18. 18 British 2 Chicken Breast Fillets Sainsbury's 1
  19. 19 Lamb leg strak Tesco · 300g 1
  20. 20 Tender Lean Diced Beef Asda · 400g 1
  21. 21 Tesco diced meat Tesco · 400g 1
  22. 22 Organic Ground Beef Verde · 16 oz 1
  23. 23 chicken breast fillets skinless M&S food · 300 g 1
  24. 24 Ground Lamb Never Any! · 16 oz 1
  25. 25 Pork shoulder steaks Birchwood Farm · 1 kg 1
  26. 26 Sliced Steaks Steak-umm · 9 oz 1
  27. 27 Duck breast portions Gressingham · 250g 1
  28. 28 2 thick cut pork chops Marks & Spencer · 388g 1
  29. 29 British whole chicken Tesco · 1.35kg 1
  30. 30 Willow Farms Chicken Breast Pieces Tesco · 500g 1
  31. 31 Oakham Gold Chicken Thighs M&S Food · 600 g 1
  32. 32 Turkey Breast Steaks Sainsbury's · 460g 1
  33. 33 Frozen chicken drumsticks Moy park · 1kg 1
  34. 34 2 Duck legs Gressingham · 462 g 1
  35. 35 British chicken thighs Birchwood · 1 kg 1
  36. 36 Chicken Wings 365 Everyday Value 1
  37. 37 Grass Fed Ground Beef 80/20 Thousand Hills · 1 lb 1
  38. 38 Hickory nut gap meats, ground beef Hickory Nut Gap Meats · 16 oz 1
  39. 39 Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon John F Martin & Sons 1
  40. 40 Ground Beef 93% Lean 7% Fat Sam’s Club 1

Showing the first 40 of 76. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Processed culinary ingredient (2)

  1. 77 Pork rind crumbs, unseasoned Pork King Good 2
  2. 78 Smoked bacon lardons Warren & sons · 200g 2

Processed food (554)

  1. 79 Dinkey Honey & Mustard Sausages M&s Food · 255g 3
  2. 80 pork farms 3
  3. 81 Burger Nötkött Atria · 480 g 3
  4. 82 Parma Ham slices Goldoni Annibale Prosciutti S.R.L · 90g 3
  5. 83 Prosciutto Crudo Sainsbury's · 120g 3
  6. 84 Italian Air Dried Ham Aldi · 120 g 3
  7. 85 Cooked Chicken Breast Slices Everyday Essentials · 240g 3
  8. 86 Roast Chicken Slices Marks & Spencers · 130g 3
  9. 87 Baken-Ets Scharbones · 113.4g 3
  10. 88 Fried Pork Rinds Original Flavor Member's Mark · 16 oz 3
  11. 89 Prosciutto Crudo Coop · 80 g 3
  12. 90 Prosciutto di Parma Citterio 3
  13. 91 Prosciutto Di Parma Parma · 80g 3
  14. 92 Parma Ham Aldi · 90 g 3
  15. 93 Prosciutto del Poggio Unearthed 3
  16. 94 Roast turkey breast Waitrose · 80g 3
  17. 95 Wafer thin British chicken breast Waitrose 3
  18. 96 Jamón Serrano Tesco Finest 3
  19. 97 Prosciutto Crudo Morrisons 3
  20. 98 Prosciutto Dl Parma Principe · 100g 3
  21. 99 Extra Tasty Chicken Breast Slices Asda · 160g 3
  22. 100 Parma Ham 75 g 3
  23. 101 Prosciutto di Parma - Parma Ham Giuseppe Citterio S.p.A. 3
  24. 102 Prosciutto Di Parma Asda · 80 g 3
  25. 103 italian prosciutto crudo Sainsbury's · 9 slices, 120g 3
  26. 104 sliced Prosciutto Trader Joe's · 4 oz 3
  27. 105 Prosciutto Crudo Zeta · 120 g 3
  28. 106 Ekologiskt Bacon Tulip · 6 slices/100g 3
  29. 107 Prosciutto crudo Rovagnati · 85 g 3
  30. 108 Panino Italian Prosciutto Individually rolled with Provolone Cheese Specially Selected · 6 oz 3
  31. 109 Pork Puffs Original Salted The Curators · 25 g 3
  32. 110 4 Aberdeen Quarter Pounders Specially Selected · 454g 3
  33. 111 Premium Natural* Chunk Chicken Breast in Water Member's Mark · 354g 3
  34. 112 Butter basted chicken breast Marks & Spencers · 100 g 3
  35. 113 Roasted British Chicken Slices M&S Eat Well · 160 g 3
  36. 114 Organic Tofu House Foods · 16oz 3
  37. 115 Roasted topside of beef slices Aldi · 110 g 3
  38. 116 Asda chicken breast strips Asda 3
  39. 117 Roast topside of british beef Sainsbury's · 110g 5 slices 3
  40. 118 6 Parma Ham Slices Sainsbury's 3

Showing the first 40 of 554. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (1366)

  1. 633 Wiltshire Cured Breaded Ham Slices Lidl Deluxe · 120 g 4
  2. 634 Italian Smoked Pancetta Cubes Tesco · 2 x 65 g 4
  3. 635 Walmart 96/4 Lean Ground Beef · 4 oz 4
  4. 636 Fresh Ground Turkey Kirkwood · 4 oz 4
  5. 637 Premium White Chicken Good Life Balanced · 10 oz. (283g) 4
  6. 638 High Protein Tofu Wildwood Organic 4
  7. 639 Naked 6 Deli Ham Slices Finnebrogue · 100g 4
  8. 640 6 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Finnebrogue · 6 smoked rashers, 200g 4
  9. 641 Chicken Breast with Rib Meat in Water Brookdale 4
  10. 642 White Premium Chunk Chicken Breast Great Value 4
  11. 643 White Premium Chunk Chicken Breast Swanson 4
  12. 644 Ground Angus Beef & Beef Patties Member's Mark 4
  13. 645 Fondkokt Skinka, Smörgåspålägg Plånbok Brödernas · 105g 4
  14. 646 Basturökt Skinka Brödernas · 100 g 4
  15. 647 Original Beef Jerky Tillamook Country Smoker 4
  16. 648 Uncured Black Forest Ham Kirkland Signature · 28 oz 4
  17. 649 Stewed steak Newgate 4
  18. 650 Thick Carved Oven Roasted Chicken Breast True Story. 4
  19. 651 Black Forest Uncured Ham GreenWise · 7 oz 4
  20. 652 Brödernas Schyssta Fondkokt skinka Brödernas · 120 g 4
  21. 653 Hamburgare Svenska Hamburgare · 1800 g 4
  22. 654 Base per Bolognese Barilla · 400.0 g 4
  23. 655 fully cooked CHICKEN BREAST BITES Fresh Additions · 10 3.2 oz pouches (32oz) 4
  24. 656 Traditional Refried Beans Old El Paso · 16 oz (1 lb) 453 g 4
  25. 657 Beef Snack Sticks Greenridge Naturals · 36 oz 4
  26. 658 100% Angus Beef Burgers Patties Compliments · 6 x 142g 4
  27. 659 sliced Rosemary ham Trader Joe's · 6 OZ (170 g) 4
  28. 660 Uncured Canadian Bacon Jones · 24 oz 4
  29. 661 Chunk chicken breast Great Value · 50 oz 4
  30. 662 Svenska köttbullar ekologiska Scan · 300 g 4
  31. 663 Steak Strips Beef Snacks Member's Mark · 12 oz 4
  32. 664 Chicken Sausage Sweet Italian Style Al Fresco · 4 links (312g) 4
  33. 665 Angus Choice Beef Patties Don Lee Farms · 3 lbs (48 oz) 4
  34. 666 Kyckling Burgare Kronfågel 4
  35. 667 Enebacken Eko färska köttbullar Enebacken · 300 g 4
  36. 668 Chicken Strips Pro2go · 32 oz 4
  37. 669 8 Frankfurter Sausages Finnebrogue · 360g 4
  38. 670 Chicken & Maple Breakfast Sausage Applegate Naturals 4
  39. 671 Pork & herb Sausage Patties Tesco · 6 4
  40. 672 Breaded Chicken Nuggets Sainsbury's 4

Showing the first 40 of 1,366. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.