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Ready to eat combination meals, from least to most processed

We track 8 ready to eat combination meals, 50% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Root & Soul Courgette & Camilo Nero with creamy white wine braised lentils.

What makes ready to eat combination meals ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of ready to eat combination meals that contain each:

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Root & Soul Courgette & Camilo Nero with creamy white wine braised lentils Tescos · 380g 3
  2. 2 Bulgogi Beef Rice Bowl with Korean red pepper sauce and pickled mooli 365g 3
  3. 3 Hazelnut Dukkah Crusted Salmon Frive · 341g 3
  4. 4 Mini vegetable samosas Tesco · 12 x18grm 3

Ultra-processed food (4)

  1. 5 Hot smoked salmon and baby potato salad Sainsbury’s taste the difference · 270 g 4
  2. 6 Chicken Breast Burrito Bowl FranklyFresh · 36 oz 4
  3. 7 Spiced chicken biriyani Morrisons 4
  4. 8 Sweet Chilli Chicken Rice Bowl Taiko · 334g 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.