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Plain porridge, from least to most processed

We track 20 plain porridge, 30% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Porage Oats Original Traditional Smooth Cut.

What makes plain porridge ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (11)

  1. 1 Porage Oats Original Traditional Smooth Cut Scott's · 1 kg 1
  2. 2 Original Quaker Oats So Simple · 270 g 1
  3. 3 Quick Oats Flahavan's Irish · 500g 1
  4. 4 Porridge Oats S & Senta Waitrose & Partners · 1kg 1
  5. 5 Porridge Oats Tesco 1
  6. 6 Tesco Finest Porridge Oats 750g Tesco · 750 g 1
  7. 7 Original Porridge Sachets Asda · 10 x 27 g 1
  8. 8 Oat so simple Quaker Oats · 22 sachet 1
  9. 9 Extra Creamy Scotch Oats Harraways · 800g 1
  10. 10 Protein Old Fashioned Rolled Oats Quaker · 16 oz 1
  11. 11 Cream of Wheat Original Cream of Wheat · 28 oz 1

Processed food (3)

  1. 12 Porridge Original Morrisons · 55 g 3
  2. 13 Risgröt Felix · 500g 3
  3. 14 Risgrynsgröt Coop · 500 g 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 15 Vanilla plant based protein Truvani · 1 unit 4
  2. 16 Blueberry & Vanilla Porridge Moma · 65 g 4
  3. 17 Instant Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Simply Nature · 320 g 4
  4. 18 Overnight Oats French Vanilla Mush · 5.5 oz 4
  5. 19 Risgrynsgröt Siljans Chark · 1000 g 4
  6. 20 Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal Cream of Wheat · 12 oz 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.