Prepared turkey meats, from least to most processed

We track 17 prepared turkey meats, 71% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Roast turkey breast.

What makes prepared turkey meats ultra-processed

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

Processed food (5)

  1. 1 Roast turkey breast Waitrose · 80g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Roasted Turkey Breast ORIGINALS Organic · 9 oz NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Savory Turkey Breakfast Sausage Applegate Naturals · 59 g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Original All Natural Chomps Antibiotic Free Turkey Chomps · 32 g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties Butterball · 8 oz NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 6 Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links Butterball · 57 g NOVA group 4
  2. 7 Mini Sticks Turkey Savory Herb Jack Link's · 14 g NOVA group 4
  3. 8 All Natural Turkey Sausage Jones · 5 oz NOVA group 4
  4. 9 Roast turkey breast - Tesco Finest Tesco NOVA group 4
  5. 10 Snack Sticks Turkey Sausage Simms · 8 oz NOVA group 4
  6. 11 Deli Choice Roast Turkey Breast Birchwood NOVA group 4
  7. 12 Natural Turkey Uncured Turkey Franks Oscar Mayer · 16oz (1LB) NOVA group 4
  8. 13 Turkey Sticks Smoked Sausage Old Wisconsin · 28 oz NOVA group 4
  9. 14 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Prime Fresh by Smithfield · 56 g NOVA group 4
  10. 15 8 Turkey Sausages Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  11. 16 Turkey Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage Johnsonville NOVA group 4
  12. 17 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Lunch Mate · 16 oz 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.