Pitted olives, from least to most processed

We track 36 pitted olives, 6% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Olives Medium Ripe Pitted Black.

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What makes pitted olives ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Olives Medium Ripe Pitted Black Sprouts · 6 fl oz NOVA group 1

Processed food (33)

  1. 2 Pitted black olives 365 Everyday Value NOVA group 3
  2. 3 Black Olives Pitted Trader Joe's NOVA group 3
  3. 4 Pitted Black Hojiblanca Olives 330 g NOVA group 3
  4. 5 Pitted green olives Sainsbury's SO Organic NOVA group 3
  5. 6 Vivci olive mix The Fresh Olive Company · 600 g NOVA group 3
  6. 7 Pitted Ripe Olives Crespo · 425g NOVA group 3
  7. 8 Olijven / Olives Baresa · 160g NOVA group 3
  8. 9 Pitted green olives Tesco · 340g NOVA group 3
  9. 10 Pitted Black Olives Tesco · 330g NOVA group 3
  10. 11 Pitted Green Olives Sainsburys · 350 g (160 g drained weight) NOVA group 3
  11. 12 Black pitted olives in brine Sainsburys NOVA group 3
  12. 13 Green Pitted Olives Aldi: The Deli · 340g NOVA group 3
  13. 14 Black pitted olives 190 g NOVA group 3
  14. 15 Pitted green olives Morrisons · 330 g NOVA group 3
  15. 16 Olives pitted Waitrose essential NOVA group 3
  16. 17 Pitted Green Olives in brine Essential Waitrose · 900g NOVA group 3
  17. 18 Pitted black olives Sainsbury's · 800g NOVA group 3
  18. 19 Pitted Green Olives Asda · 165 g NOVA group 3
  19. 20 Olives Cypressa · 160g NOVA group 3
  20. 21 EXTRA LARGE Pitted Ripe Olives Pearls · 170g NOVA group 3
  21. 22 Black Ripe Pitted Olives Lindsay NOVA group 3
  22. 23 Pitted Green Queen Olives Marks & Spencers · 230 g NOVA group 3
  23. 24 Sliced California Ripe Olives Early California NOVA group 3
  24. 25 Urkärnade svarta oliver Eldorado · 910 g NOVA group 3
  25. 26 Pitted Kalamata olives Tesco · 145 g NOVA group 3
  26. 27 Organic Pitted kalamata olives Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  27. 28 Snack Chili Oliver Zeta · 70 g NOVA group 3
  28. 29 pitted green olives with chilli Tesco · 70g NOVA group 3
  29. 30 Aldi pitted Green olives Aldi NOVA group 3
  30. 31 Grilled Pitted Chalkidiki Variety Green Olives in oil Trader Joe's NOVA group 3
  31. 32 Pitted Italian Castelvetrano Olives Mezzetta NOVA group 3
  32. 33 Deli Green Pitted Olives Aldi · 340g NOVA group 3
  33. 34 Pitted Green Olives with Herbs and Garlic Crespo · 70 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 35 Pitted olives with basil & garlic Tesco NOVA group 4
  2. 36 Pitted Queen Olives Asda · 310 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.