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Small cucumbers, from least to most processed

We track 8 small cucumbers, 25% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pickled Baby Gherkins.

What makes small cucumbers ultra-processed

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

Processed food (6)

  1. 1 Pickled Baby Gherkins Asda · 340g 3
  2. 2 Sliced Gherkins Baxters · 540 3
  3. 3 Gherkins Dawtona · 470 g drained 3
  4. 4 Pickled Gherkins Polish Specialities 3
  5. 5 Kashubian Gherkins Dawtona · 495 g drained 3
  6. 6 Gherkins Sainsbury's · 340g 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 7 Snacking pickles Serious Pig · 40 g 4
  2. 8 Gherkins Asda · 680g 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.