Soy beans, from least to most processed

We track 18 soy beans, 11% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Soya Chunks.

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What makes soy beans ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (5)

  1. 1 Soya Chunks Fudco · 150 g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Edamame President's Choice · 500 g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Edamame Beans Sainsbury's · 175g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Soy beans NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Edamame, peeled (Green Soy beans) Len Xiang Bông Sen · 400 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (11)

  1. 6 Dry Roasted Edamame Sea Salt Seapoint Farms · 4 oz 113 g NOVA group 3
  2. 7 Dry Roasted Edamame With Sea Salt JFC International Inc. · 100g NOVA group 3
  3. 8 Salted Edamame Trader Joe's · 16 oz NOVA group 3
  4. 9 Edamame Snack'pot Itsu NOVA group 3
  5. 10 Shelled Soybeans Edamame with Sea Salt Trader Joe's · 9 oz NOVA group 3
  6. 11 Edamame Beans, Roasted & Salted Akira · 90g NOVA group 3
  7. 12 High Protein Supersnack Edamame · 4 oz NOVA group 3
  8. 13 Crunchy Roasted Edamame Sea Salt The Only Bean · 0.9 oz NOVA group 3
  9. 14 Crunchy Roasted Edamame Beans The Only Bean · 18 oz NOVA group 3
  10. 15 Organic White Miso - Light Soybean paste MISO Tasty · 200g NOVA group 3
  11. 16 Chargrilled Chicken 17g Protein M&S · 130g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 17 Latte soia vaniglia - Vemondo Vemondo NOVA group 4
  2. 18 No-Meat Meatballs TESCO Plant Chef · 380g, 18 meatballs 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.