Sardines in tomato sauce, from least to most processed

We track 21 sardines in tomato sauce, 14% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sardines In Tomato Sauce.

What makes sardines in tomato sauce ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sardines in tomato sauce that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Sardines In Tomato Sauce I. Epstein & Sons Inc. NOVA group 1

Processed food (17)

  1. 2 Tesco Sardines in Tomato Sauce Tesco · 120g NOVA group 3
  2. 3 John West Sardines in Tomato sauce John West · 120 g NOVA group 3
  3. 4 Sardines in tomato sauce Marks & Spencer · 120 g NOVA group 3
  4. 5 Pilchards in Tomato Sauce BTM · 425g NOVA group 3
  5. 6 Sardines in tomato sauce Sainsburys · 120g NOVA group 3
  6. 7 Sardines in Tomato Sauce Nixe by Lidl · 120g NOVA group 3
  7. 8 Sardines in tomato sauce 125g can Aldi fishmongers NOVA group 3
  8. 9 Sardines in tomato sauce Aldi · 125 g NOVA group 3
  9. 10 Sardines in Tomato Sauce Coop · 120 g NOVA group 3
  10. 11 Boneless Sardines in Tomato Sauce John West · 1 95g NOVA group 3
  11. 12 Sardines in tomato sauce Essential Waitrose NOVA group 3
  12. 13 Sardines in Tomato Sauce The Fishmonger NOVA group 3
  13. 14 Sardines Just Essentials · 120g NOVA group 3
  14. 15 Sardiner i tomatsås Coop · 120g NOVA group 3
  15. 16 Sardines in Tomato Sauce Kingfisher · 125g NOVA group 3
  16. 17 Sardines Lidl · 125 g NOVA group 3
  17. 18 Sardines Sainsbury's NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 19 Sardines in tomato sauce Tesco · 90 grams NOVA group 4
  2. 20 Sardines in tomato sauce Isabel NOVA group 4
  3. 21 Mega Red Mega · 155g 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.