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Mussels, from least to most processed

We track 8 mussels, 25% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is mejillones Escabeche.

What makes mussels ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 mejillones Escabeche Hacendado · 111g 1
  2. 2 Seafood Selection Marks & Spencer · 300 g 1

Processed food (4)

  1. 3 Cooked mussels The Fishmonger · 450g 3
  2. 4 Scottish mussels in garlic butter Waitrose · 500g 3
  3. 5 Parsons Pickled Mussels 155G Parsons · 155 g 3
  4. 6 Musslor i vatten Coop · 200/120 g 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 7 Mussels In Pickle Sauce Isabel · 115 g 4
  2. 8 Cooked Scottish Mussels Scottish shellfish · 450g 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.