Sugared popcorn, from least to most processed

We track 16 sugared popcorn, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Popcorn Sweet.

What makes sugared popcorn ultra-processed

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

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Popcorn Sweet Aldi · 110 g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Sweet Popcorn Marks & Spencer · 80 g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Sweet popcorn Regal NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Sweet & Salted popcorn Tayto · 100 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (12)

  1. 5 Sweet & Salty Popcorn Butterkist · 100g NOVA group 4
  2. 6 Butterkist Sweet And Salty Popcorn Butterkist NOVA group 4
  3. 7 Butterkist TASTY SWEET NOVA group 4
  4. 8 Pumpkin Spice Popcorn Lesser Evil · 6.4 oz NOVA group 4
  5. 9 Sweet and Salty Popcorn Joe and Stephs · 60 g NOVA group 4
  6. 10 Butterkist sweet popcorn Butterkist · 6x12g NOVA group 4
  7. 11 Popcorn - Sweet & Salty Tesco · 110.0 g NOVA group 4
  8. 12 Popcorn - Sweet & Salty (Multipack) Tesco · 84.0 g NOVA group 4
  9. 13 Gourmet popcorn Pophouse · 180g NOVA group 4
  10. 14 Crunchy Toffee Popcorn Butterkist · 170 g NOVA group 4
  11. 15 Sweet & Salty Microwave Popcorn Butterkist · 180g NOVA group 4
  12. 16 Butterkist Butterkist · 3 x 60 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.