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Seaweed products, from least to most processed

We track 12 seaweed products, 33% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sushi Nori Roasted Seaweed.

What makes seaweed products ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Sushi Nori Roasted Seaweed YUTAKA - mpreis · 5pcs 1
  2. 2 Sushi Nori Yatta! 1

Processed food (6)

  1. 3 Organic Roasted Seaweed with Sea Salt Trader Joe's 3
  2. 4 Roasted Seaweed Snacks Sea Salt & Avocado Oil Gimme · 16 oz 3
  3. 5 Seaweed thins Itsu · 4 x 5 g 3
  4. 6 Roasted Seaweed Sea Salt Honest Sea 3
  5. 7 Seasoned & Roasted Seaweed JayOne · 5g 3
  6. 8 Organic Roasted Seaweed Snack Kirkland · 17 g 3

Ultra-processed food (4)

  1. 9 Crispy seeweed wasabi Itsu 4
  2. 10 Crispy seaweed thins wasabi Itsu · 15 g 4
  3. 11 食べて綺麗に 475/2014 x 100 itsu crispy seaweed thins sw Itsu 4
  4. 12 Vegiar ICA · 190 g 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.