Sour creams, from least to most processed

We track 52 sour creams, 37% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sour Cream Pure & Natural.

What makes sour creams ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (32)

  1. 1 Sour Cream Pure & Natural Daisy · 14 oz (397 g) NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Sour Cream Daisy NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Half Fat Crème Fraîche Yeo Valley · 200g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Soured cream Tesco · 300ml NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Soured Cream Dairy Manor · 300 ml NOVA group 1
  6. 6 Soured Cream Yeo Valley Organic · 200g NOVA group 1
  7. 7 British Crème Fraiche Marks & Spencer · 300ml NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Soured cream Sainsburys · 150ml NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Soured cream Asda NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Sour Cream Waitrose NOVA group 1
  11. 11 Crème Fraîche Asda · 300ml NOVA group 1
  12. 12 SHORTCAKE by Sainsburys Simply M&S · 300ml NOVA group 1
  13. 13 Soured cream Essential Waitrose · 300 ml NOVA group 1
  14. 14 All Natural Sour Cream Fage · 16 oz NOVA group 1
  15. 15 Śmietana Piątnica · 400 g NOVA group 1
  16. 16 Arla Köket Crème Fraiche Arla · 2 dl NOVA group 1
  17. 17 Svensk Gräddfil 12 % Fett Matriket · 500 ml, 506 g NOVA group 1
  18. 18 Ekologisk Gräddfil Garant · 3 dl NOVA group 1
  19. 19 ICA i♥eco Ekologisk Crème Fraiche ICA · 2 dl NOVA group 1
  20. 20 SmartKök Testprodukt Arla · 3 dl NOVA group 1
  21. 21 Gräddfil 12% Coop · 3 dl NOVA group 1
  22. 22 Gräddfil 12% Matriket · 300ml NOVA group 1
  23. 23 All Natural Sour Cream Breakstone's · 30 g NOVA group 1
  24. 24 French Crème Fraîche Waitrose · 200 mL (194 g) NOVA group 1
  25. 25 Crème fraîche (Sour Cream 20%) Pilos · 400g NOVA group 1
  26. 26 Sour Cream Woolworths · 300 ml NOVA group 1
  27. 27 Sour Cream Friendly Farms · 16 oz NOVA group 1
  28. 28 Sour cream Avonmore · 200g NOVA group 1
  29. 29 Milbona Laktosfri crème fraiche Lidl · 2 dl NOVA group 1
  30. 30 Laktosfri Crème fraîche fetthalt 40% Arla · 2dl NOVA group 1
  31. 31 ICA i♥eco Ekologisk gräddfil laktosfri ICA · 3 dl NOVA group 1
  32. 32 Milbona Laktosfri gräddfil Lidl · 3 dl NOVA group 1

Processed food (1)

  1. 33 Gräddfil ICA · 3 dl NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 34 yeo-valley Yeo Valley NOVA group 4
  2. 35 Sour Cream & Chives Dip Waitrose NOVA group 4
  3. 36 Sour Cream & Chive Dip Sainsbury's · 1 x 200g NOVA group 4
  4. 37 ICA Crème Fraiche Mango och curry ICA · 2 dl NOVA group 4
  5. 38 Fresh British Lighter Crème Fraîche Cowbelle · 300 ml NOVA group 4
  6. 39 Milbona Laktosfri lätt crème fraiche Lidl · 2 dl NOVA group 4
  7. 40 Creme Fraiche Ängens NOVA group 4
  8. 41 Lätt Crème Fraiche tomat & basilika 2 dl NOVA group 4
  9. 42 Lighter crème fraîche Sainsbury’s · 300 ml NOVA group 4
  10. 43 Lätt Creme Fraiche ICA NOVA group 4
  11. 44 Lätt Crème Fraiche Feta & Soltorkad tomat Arla · 2 dl NOVA group 4
  12. 45 lätt creme fraiche Arla Köket · 2 dl NOVA group 4
  13. 46 Sour Cream Kirkland Signature · 500ml NOVA group 4
  14. 47 lätt crème fraîche parmesan & vitlök Arla · 2 dl NOVA group 4
  15. 48 paprik & chili lätt créme fraiche Ica · 2dl NOVA group 4
  16. 49 Sour Cream Dairyland NOVA group 4
  17. 50 sour cream No Name · 500mL NOVA group 4
  18. 51 Sour cream Sealtest · 500mL NOVA group 4
  19. 52 Sour Cream Original Kroger · 30 g 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.