Misos, from least to most processed

We track 19 misos, 16% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is White Miso.

What makes misos ultra-processed

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

Processed food (16)

  1. 1 White Miso Yutaka · 100 g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Organic Miso Paste Yutaka · 300 g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 White Miso Clearspring NOVA group 3
  4. 4 White Miso Bart · 100g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Brown Rice Miso Clearspring · 300 g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Shinshu Aka Miso Hikari Miso · 400 g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Shiro Miso Soybean Paste White Twin Dragon · 300 g NOVA group 3
  8. 8 miso tasty red miso rich soybean paste Miso Tasty · 200 g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 White Miso Miso Tasty · 200g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Organic red miso rich soybean paste Miso Tasty · 110 g NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Red Miso Paste Miso Tasty · 200g NOVA group 3
  12. 12 White Miso Paste NOVA group 3
  13. 13 Organic White Miso - Light Soybean paste MISO Tasty · 200g NOVA group 3
  14. 14 White Miso Miso Tasty Ltd NOVA group 3
  15. 15 white miso paste Trader Joe's NOVA group 3
  16. 16 Brown rice miso soup paste Clearspring · 60g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 17 Miso Easy (Traditional) Itsu · 5 sachets, 105g NOVA group 4
  2. 18 miso'easy chilli miso Itsu · 60g NOVA group 4
  3. 19 Miso Paste Tesco · 100g 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.