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Nut butter cups, from least to most processed

We track 15 nut butter cups, 60% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Mandel smör EKO.

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What makes nut butter cups ultra-processed

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

Processed food (6)

  1. 1 Mandel smör EKO Superfruit foods 3
  2. 2 Reese's Miniature Cups Reese's · 10.5 oz 3
  3. 3 Mixed Nut Butter with Seeds Kirkland Signature · 1.68 lb 3
  4. 4 Double Chocolate Caramel Cups Deliciously Ella · 1 x 36g 3
  5. 5 Peanut butter buttons Peanut butter buttons · 20g, 7 buttons 3
  6. 6 Peanut butter caramel cups 3

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 7 Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Pip & Nut · 34g 4
  2. 8 dark chocolate peanut butter cups Unreal · 4.2 oz 4
  3. 9 Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Justins · 1.4 oz 4
  4. 10 Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Skinny Dipped · 1 cup 4
  5. 11 Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups Pip & Nut 4
  6. 12 Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Pip & Nut · 31g (2x servings) 4
  7. 13 Rosemary Trader Joe's · 22g 4
  8. 14 Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Chi eye · 340 g 4
  9. 15 Reese's 2 Peanut Butter Cups Reese's · 42g 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.