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Onions and their products, from least to most processed

We track 68 onions and their products, 32% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Spring onions.

What makes onions and their products ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (20)

  1. 1 Spring onions Tesco 1
  2. 2 Onion Powder Great Value · 92 g 1
  3. 3 Red onions Sainsbury's · 365g 1
  4. 4 red onions Oaklands · 750g 1
  5. 5 Cebollas grandes Oaklands · 3 1
  6. 6 Red Onions Asda · 4 1
  7. 7 Onion granules Asda · 100g 1
  8. 8 Onion Green Valley · 3 lbs 1
  9. 9 Brown onions Tesco 1
  10. 10 Spring onion Sainsbury's · 6 1
  11. 11 Onion Powder Badia · 2.75 oz (78 g) 1
  12. 12 Organic Chopped Onion Kirkland Signature · 320 g 1
  13. 13 Red onion Tesco 1
  14. 14 Chopped Onion Badia · 5.5 oz (155.9 g) 1
  15. 15 Great Value Kosher Minced Onion, 2.35 oz Great Value · 2.35 oz 1
  16. 16 Schalottenlök ICA · 250 g 1
  17. 17 Hackad Gul lök Eldorado · 300 g 1
  18. 18 Diced onions Begro · 2500 g 1
  19. 19 Lökpulver Kockens · 43 g 1
  20. 20 Pepper & Onion Blend Great Value · 20 oz 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 21 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook 2

Processed food (25)

  1. 22 crispy onions Rochelle · 100g 3
  2. 23 Crispy fried onions Waitrose 3
  3. 24 Roasted Onion Prymat · 300 g 3
  4. 25 crispy fried onions KTC · 400g 3
  5. 26 Rostad Lök ICA · 150 g 3
  6. 27 Rostad lök, ICA I Love ECO · 100 g 3
  7. 28 cook'scupboard CRISPY FRIED ONIONS 100ge Cook's Cupboard · 100 g 3
  8. 29 Pickled Shallots Garners 3
  9. 30 Pink pickled onions Sainsbury's 3
  10. 31 Marinerad Rödlök Satomestarit · 500 g 3
  11. 32 Picklad Rödlök! Schysst Käk · 400 g 3
  12. 33 Kimchi Vadasz · 400g 3
  13. 34 Caramelised red onion chutney 3
  14. 35 Tesco Finest Red Onion Chutney Tesco Finest · 230g 3
  15. 36 Crispy Onions Fresh Gourmet 3
  16. 37 Red onion chutney Tesco · 295g 3
  17. 38 Cheese&onion gruffalo claws Organix 3
  18. 39 Chutney Asda Extra Special · 320g 3
  19. 40 Caramelised Red Onion Chutney Specially-Selected · 310 g 3
  20. 41 Caramelized Onion Chutney Lidl Deluxe · 310g 3
  21. 42 French Onion Soup Marks & Spencers · 550g 3
  22. 43 Pickled Onions Sainsbury's · 440g 3
  23. 44 pickled Sweet Silver Skin Onions Aldi 3
  24. 45 Red Onion Marmalade Stockes · 265g 3
  25. 46 gold star chip shop style pickled onions 3

Ultra-processed food (22)

  1. 47 Original Pickle Onions 454G Garner's 4
  2. 48 caramelised onion chutney Taste The Difference · 230g 4
  3. 49 Baxters French onion soup Oluf lorentzen as · 400 g 4
  4. 50 Pickled onions Tesco 4
  5. 51 Morrisons ONION CHUTNEY Morrisons · 295 g 4
  6. 52 Co-op Irresistible Caramelised Red Onion Chutney 330 g 4
  7. 53 Petit oignon Freshona 4
  8. 54 Crisp & sweet pickled silverskin onions Tesco 4
  9. 55 Pickled Onions Freshona · 320g 4
  10. 56 Crispy Fried Onions French's · 170 4
  11. 57 Crispy Fried Onions Market Pantry 4
  12. 58 beer caramelised onion chutney Sainsbury's taste the difference 4
  13. 59 Onion chutney Asda · 280g 4
  14. 60 Caramelised Onion Chutney Baxters · 290 g 4
  15. 61 pickled silverskin onions Tesco · 380g drained 4
  16. 62 tesco silver skin onions Tesco silver skin onions 4
  17. 63 Waitrose Red Onion Chutney Waitrose · 350g 4
  18. 64 Caramelised Balsamic Onion Chutney Morrisons · 205 g 4
  19. 65 Sweet onions 4
  20. 66 Sweet Pickled Onions Sarsons · 460g 4
  21. 67 Fried onions with bacon flavour Søder Garden · 100g 4
  22. 68 Onion rings Lidl 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.