Is it ultra-processed?
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Squash, from least to most processed

We track 20 squash, 65% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is 100% Pure Pumpkin.

What makes squash ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (5)

  1. 1 100% Pure Pumpkin Libby's · 425g 1
  2. 2 100% natural pumpkin puree Baking Buddy · 425 g 1
  3. 3 Organic Pumpkin Puree Farmer's Market · 15 oz 1
  4. 4 100% Pure Pumpkin Great Value · 15 oz 1
  5. 5 Butternut Squash Great Value · 500g 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 6 Yellow Vegetable Curry Cook 2

Processed food (1)

  1. 7 Butternut Squash Soup Auga · 400 g 3

Ultra-processed food (13)

  1. 8 No Added Sugar Apple & Blackcurrant Squash Litres Asda 4
  2. 9 Robinsons Premium Rasp/Rhub/Org 500ml Robinsons · 500 ml 4
  3. 10 Cherries and berries squash Sainsbury's 4
  4. 11 Sainsbury's Orange Squash 4X Sainsbury's · 1.5L 4
  5. 12 Double Strength Lemon & Lime squash Asda 4
  6. 13 Double Concentrate Apple Litres Morrisons · 1.5 litres 4
  7. 14 stockwell & co apple & Blackcurrant squash Tesco · 750ml 4
  8. 15 sun quench apple and strawberrie 4
  9. 16 SINCE 1908 VIMTO NO ADDED SUGAR Real Fruit squash Vimto 4
  10. 17 Squash Aldi 4
  11. 18 Mini Orange Robinsons 4
  12. 19 Orange and Mango Squash Asda · 1.5lt 4
  13. 20 Fruit Fusions Sun Quench · 1 l 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.