Prepared meats, from least to most processed

We track 881 prepared meats, 73% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Smoked bacon lardons.

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What makes prepared meats ultra-processed

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

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 1 Smoked bacon lardons Warren & sons · 200g NOVA group 2

Processed food (236)

  1. 2 Dinkey Honey & Mustard Sausages M&s Food · 255g NOVA group 3
  2. 3 Parma Ham slices Goldoni Annibale Prosciutti S.R.L · 90g NOVA group 3
  3. 4 Prosciutto Crudo Sainsbury's · 120g NOVA group 3
  4. 5 Italian Air Dried Ham Aldi · 120 g NOVA group 3
  5. 6 Cooked Chicken Breast Slices Everyday Essentials · 240g NOVA group 3
  6. 7 Roast Chicken Slices Marks & Spencers · 130g NOVA group 3
  7. 8 Prosciutto Crudo Coop · 80 g NOVA group 3
  8. 9 Prosciutto di Parma Citterio NOVA group 3
  9. 10 Prosciutto Di Parma Parma · 80g NOVA group 3
  10. 11 Parma Ham Aldi · 90 g NOVA group 3
  11. 12 Prosciutto del Poggio Unearthed NOVA group 3
  12. 13 Roast turkey breast Waitrose · 80g NOVA group 3
  13. 14 Jamón Serrano Tesco Finest NOVA group 3
  14. 15 Prosciutto Crudo Morrisons NOVA group 3
  15. 16 Prosciutto Dl Parma Principe · 100g NOVA group 3
  16. 17 Extra Tasty Chicken Breast Slices Asda · 160g NOVA group 3
  17. 18 Parma Ham 75 g NOVA group 3
  18. 19 Prosciutto di Parma - Parma Ham Giuseppe Citterio S.p.A. NOVA group 3
  19. 20 Prosciutto Di Parma Asda · 80 g NOVA group 3
  20. 21 italian prosciutto crudo Sainsbury's · 9 slices, 120g NOVA group 3
  21. 22 sliced Prosciutto Trader Joe's · 4 oz NOVA group 3
  22. 23 Prosciutto Crudo Zeta · 120 g NOVA group 3
  23. 24 Panino Italian Prosciutto Individually rolled with Provolone Cheese Specially Selected · 6 oz NOVA group 3
  24. 25 6 Parma Ham Slices Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  25. 26 Fajita Kit Sainsbury's · 120g NOVA group 3
  26. 27 British Cooked Chicken Flamegrilled Pieces Waitrose NOVA group 3
  27. 28 Naked tender steak slices BrooklynBiltong · 12 oz NOVA group 3
  28. 29 Turkey Breast Plainville Farms · 6 oz NOVA group 3
  29. 30 Roasted Turkey Breast ORIGINALS Organic · 9 oz NOVA group 3
  30. 31 Organic Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Trader Joe's · 6 oz NOVA group 3
  31. 32 Corned Beef Slices 125 g NOVA group 3
  32. 33 Cured Bacon Applegate · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  33. 34 Kallrökt lax skivad ICA · 150g NOVA group 3
  34. 35 Salame Zia Bio Pedrazzoli · 70g NOVA group 3
  35. 36 Pepperoni Properoni · 80g NOVA group 3
  36. 37 Chorizo rojano IGP Dulce Artysan · 225g NOVA group 3
  37. 38 Chorizo Properoni · 180g NOVA group 3
  38. 39 Smoked Deli Ham Hormel Natural Choice · 8 Oz / 227 g NOVA group 3
  39. 40 Chorizo de Leon Pajariel NOVA group 3
  40. 41 chorizo El Cierzo · 225g NOVA group 3

Showing the first 40 of 236. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (644)

  1. 238 Wiltshire Cured Breaded Ham Slices Lidl Deluxe · 120 g NOVA group 4
  2. 239 Naked 6 Deli Ham Slices Finnebrogue · 100g NOVA group 4
  3. 240 Fondkokt Skinka, Smörgåspålägg Plånbok Brödernas · 105g NOVA group 4
  4. 241 Basturökt Skinka Brödernas · 100 g NOVA group 4
  5. 242 Original Beef Jerky Tillamook Country Smoker NOVA group 4
  6. 243 Uncured Black Forest Ham Kirkland Signature · 28 oz NOVA group 4
  7. 244 Thick Carved Oven Roasted Chicken Breast True Story. NOVA group 4
  8. 245 Black Forest Uncured Ham GreenWise · 7 oz NOVA group 4
  9. 246 Brödernas Schyssta Fondkokt skinka Brödernas · 120 g NOVA group 4
  10. 247 Beef Snack Sticks Greenridge Naturals · 36 oz NOVA group 4
  11. 248 sliced Rosemary ham Trader Joe's · 6 OZ (170 g) NOVA group 4
  12. 249 Uncured Canadian Bacon Jones · 24 oz NOVA group 4
  13. 250 Steak Strips Beef Snacks Member's Mark · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  14. 251 Chicken Sausage Sweet Italian Style Al Fresco · 4 links (312g) NOVA group 4
  15. 252 8 Frankfurter Sausages Finnebrogue · 360g NOVA group 4
  16. 253 Chicken & Maple Breakfast Sausage Applegate Naturals NOVA group 4
  17. 254 Pork & herb Sausage Patties Tesco · 6 NOVA group 4
  18. 255 Smoked Sausages Tillamook NOVA group 4
  19. 256 Chicken Sausage Trader Joe's · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  20. 257 Original Smoked Sausages Simms NOVA group 4
  21. 258 Uncured Pepperoni Hormel · 5 oz NOVA group 4
  22. 259 Naked Wafer Thin Ham Slices Finnebrogue NOVA group 4
  23. 260 Applewood Smoked Uncured Ham Trader Joe's · 8 oz NOVA group 4
  24. 261 Original Beef Jerky Pacific Gold · 35 g NOVA group 4
  25. 262 Smoked Mozzarella with Artichokes & Garlic Chicken Sausage Sabatino's · 48 oz NOVA group 4
  26. 263 Bourbon Apple Chicken Sausage Gilbert's · 10 oz NOVA group 4
  27. 264 Egg'Wich Turkey Sausage Red's NOVA group 4
  28. 265 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Archer · 2.5 oz NOVA group 4
  29. 266 6 Skinny Pork Sausages Aldi · 6 NOVA group 4
  30. 267 Italian Diced Pancetta INSPIRED TO COOK by Sainsbury's · 206g NOVA group 4
  31. 268 British roast chicken breast Waitrose · 130 g NOVA group 4
  32. 269 Roast Chicken Breast Slices Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  33. 270 Roast Turkey Slices Marks and spencer · 120g NOVA group 4
  34. 271 Ashfirlds teady to eat cooked chicken breast slices Aldi · 150 g NOVA group 4
  35. 272 British Butter Roast Chicken Sainsbury's · 150g NOVA group 4
  36. 273 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Trader Joe's · 7 oz NOVA group 4
  37. 274 Bearfields Deli Ham Slices Gluten Free Bearfields NOVA group 4
  38. 275 Jamonilla classic precooked ham Tulip · 340 g NOVA group 4
  39. 276 Jerky Jack links NOVA group 4
  40. 277 Salame i chianti vin D.O.C Antica Macellaria Falorni · 125 g NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 644. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.