Is it ultra-processed?
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Pickled onions, from least to most processed

We track 13 pickled onions, 54% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pickled Shallots.

What makes pickled onions ultra-processed

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

Processed food (6)

  1. 1 Pickled Shallots Garners 3
  2. 2 Pink pickled onions Sainsbury's 3
  3. 3 Picklad Rödlök! Schysst Käk · 400 g 3
  4. 4 Pickled Onions Sainsbury's · 440g 3
  5. 5 pickled Sweet Silver Skin Onions Aldi 3
  6. 6 gold star chip shop style pickled onions 3

Ultra-processed food (7)

  1. 7 Original Pickle Onions 454G Garner's 4
  2. 8 Pickled onions Tesco 4
  3. 9 Crisp & sweet pickled silverskin onions Tesco 4
  4. 10 Pickled Onions Freshona · 320g 4
  5. 11 pickled silverskin onions Tesco · 380g drained 4
  6. 12 tesco silver skin onions Tesco silver skin onions 4
  7. 13 Sweet Pickled Onions Sarsons · 460g 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.