Smoked salmons, from least to most processed

We track 41 smoked salmons, 17% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Smoked Salmon.

What makes smoked salmons ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Smoked Salmon Kirkland Signature · 340 g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 smoked salmon with beetroot and dill Marks & Spencer NOVA group 1

Processed food (32)

  1. 3 Scottish oak smoked salmon Marks & Spencers · 100 g NOVA group 3
  2. 4 2 Hot Smoked Salmon Fillets Lighthouse Bay · 2 fillets, 185g NOVA group 3
  3. 5 Salmon slices Morrisons NOVA group 3
  4. 6 Alaskan wild sockeye smoked salmon Marks & Spencer Collection · 100 g NOVA group 3
  5. 7 Scottish smoked salmon Sainsbury's SO Organic · 112g NOVA group 3
  6. 8 Mild Scotish Smoked Salmon Sainsbury's · 100g NOVA group 3
  7. 9 Mild & Delicate Smoked Scottish Salmon Lidl · 100g NOVA group 3
  8. 10 Co-op Scottish Smoked Salmon Coop · 100 g NOVA group 3
  9. 11 Smoked Salmon Tesco · 150g NOVA group 3
  10. 12 Smoked Scottish Salmon Lidl · 100g NOVA group 3
  11. 13 Scottish Mild Oak Smoked Salmon Waitrose & Partners NOVA group 3
  12. 14 Hickory & Oak Wood Scottish Smoked Salmon Tesco Finest · 4 slices (100g) NOVA group 3
  13. 15 Smoked salmon slices The Fishmonger NOVA group 3
  14. 16 Flavoursome Oak Smoked Salmon Asda · 100 g NOVA group 3
  15. 17 Scotish Smoked Salmon Ghillie & Glen · 200g NOVA group 3
  16. 18 Scottish smoked salmon NOVA group 3
  17. 19 Stamford Street Smoked Salmon Stamford Street NOVA group 3
  18. 20 Scottish Hot Smoked Honey Roast Salmon Flakes M&S Eat Well · 100 g NOVA group 3
  19. 21 Chestnut Smoked Scottish Samon Waitrose · 100 g NOVA group 3
  20. 22 Scottish Smoked Salmon Trimmings Sainsbury's · 100 g NOVA group 3
  21. 23 Smoked salmon Asda · 200g NOVA group 3
  22. 24 Smoked Salmon Specially Selected Aldi · 100g NOVA group 3
  23. 25 Smoked Salmon Egg And Edamame Pot Marks And Spencer · 100 grams NOVA group 3
  24. 26 Lightly Smoked Salmon Trader Joe's · 5 oz NOVA group 3
  25. 27 Smoked Salmon Sainsbury’s · 100g NOVA group 3
  26. 28 Prime salmon smoked over a balanced blend of selected woods Harbour Salmon Co. · 100 g NOVA group 3
  27. 29 Smoked Salmon Slices Oak & Beech Wood Smoked The Fishmonger · 100 g NOVA group 3
  28. 30 Mild & Delicate Smoked Salmon Specially Selected NOVA group 3
  29. 31 Smoked scottish salmon slices The Fishmonger · 200 g, minimum 5 slices NOVA group 3
  30. 32 Scottish smoked salmon Aldi NOVA group 3
  31. 33 Hot smoked Scottish salmon sweet chilli marinade M&S NOVA group 3
  32. 34 Smoked salmon & soft cheese Marks & Spencers · 220g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (7)

  1. 35 Aldi Hot Smoked Salmon Lemon Herb Aldi · 185 g NOVA group 4
  2. 36 New Honey Roasted Salmon Aldi NOVA group 4
  3. 37 Smoked Salmon Slices Lighthouse Bay · 120g NOVA group 4
  4. 38 Salmon Naturally Smoked John West · 95 g NOVA group 4
  5. 39 sweet chilli smoked salmon fillets Tesco · 180g NOVA group 4
  6. 40 Cold Smoked Atlantic Salmon Specially Selected · 3 oz NOVA group 4
  7. 41 Philadelphia Smoked Salmon Philadelphia · 7.5 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.