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Potato fries, from least to most processed

We track 40 potato fries, 85% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Straight Cut Chips.

What makes potato fries ultra-processed

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

Processed food (6)

  1. 1 Straight Cut Chips Four Seasons · 1.5 kg 3
  2. 2 Crispy Crinkle Fries Strong Roots · 750g 3
  3. 3 Jackets McCain · 8 potato (1600 g) 3
  4. 4 French Fries McCain · 1pcs 3
  5. 5 Smiles McCain · 454 g 3
  6. 6 Sweet Potato Super Fries Actual Veggies · 14 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (34)

  1. 7 Pommes Chips Felix · 600 g 4
  2. 8 Krispiga Pommes Felix · 600 g 4
  3. 9 Pommes Criss Cut Felix · 750 g 4
  4. 10 Crispy skinny fries Strong Roots · 750 g 4
  5. 11 Straight Cut Chips Hearty Food Co. 4
  6. 12 crinkle cut chips Tesco 4
  7. 13 French Fries Sainsbury's · 900 g 4
  8. 14 frozen oven chip Sainsbury's 4
  9. 15 Frites Marks & Spencer 4
  10. 16 Homestyle Chips Harvest Basket · 1kg 4
  11. 17 French fries Four Seasons Gourmet Foods · 1 kg 4
  12. 18 Potato wedges Harvest Basket 4
  13. 19 Straight Cut Cavendish Farms · 800 g 4
  14. 20 Crispy Skin On Fries Harvest Basket 4
  15. 21 Waffle Cut Seasoned Fries Alexia · 20 oz 4
  16. 22 Alphabet Letters Aldi · 454 g 4
  17. 23 French Fries M&s Food · 1kg 4
  18. 24 Classic Steak Fries Ore-Ida · 28 oz 4
  19. 25 Skin On Fries McCain · 800g 4
  20. 26 Seasoned Curly Fries Sainsbury's 4
  21. 27 French Fries Four Seasons 4
  22. 28 Home Chips McCain · 1.6kg 4
  23. 29 Sweet Potato Fries Trader Joe's · 15 oz 4
  24. 30 Sweet potatoes Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  25. 31 Extra-Crispy French Fries Kirkland Signature · 3 oz 4
  26. 32 Waffle fries Four seasons 4
  27. 33 Curly Fries Harvest Basket · 400g 4
  28. 34 Crispy chips Birds Eye 4
  29. 35 Crispy Sweet Potato Fries Harvie Basket · 500 g 4
  30. 36 Crispy Skin On Fries Four Seasons · 1kg 4
  31. 37 Mixed root vegetable fries Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  32. 38 Extra Crispy Fast Food Fries Ore-Ida · 26 oz 4
  33. 39 Pommes Frites Harvest Basket · 1 kg 4
  34. 40 Super crispy steak cut fries Lamb weston · 28 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.