Sunflower seeds and their products, from least to most processed

We track 47 sunflower seeds and their products, 13% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sunflower Seeds.

What makes sunflower seeds and their products ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sunflower seeds and their products that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (14)

  1. 1 Sunflower Seeds Lidl NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Sunflower Seeds The Foodie Market · 250 g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Light Tahini Spread Meridian · 270 g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Sunflower seeds Tesco · 150g NOVA group 1
  5. 5 sunflower seeds Morrisons · 150g NOVA group 1
  6. 6 Solroskärnor Risenta · 400 g NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Skalade Solroskärnor Eldorado · 800 g NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Organic Sunflower Seed Butter 250g Sun & Seed · 8.8 oz NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Solroskärnor Amazing · 800g NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Sunflower & Pumpkin Seed Mix Fudco · 250g NOVA group 1
  11. 11 Roasted sunflower seeds Dandar · 500 g NOVA group 1
  12. 12 4 Seed Mix The Foodie Market · 250g NOVA group 1
  13. 13 Feel Well Wonder mix Whitworths · 110g NOVA group 1
  14. 14 Breakfast Boost Good4u · 130 grams NOVA group 1

Processed culinary ingredient (18)

  1. 15 Sunflower Oil Vita d'Or · 1 l NOVA group 2
  2. 16 Sunflower oil Tesco · 1 l NOVA group 2
  3. 17 Sunflower oil Aldi NOVA group 2
  4. 18 Sunflower Oil 5 lit K T C NOVA group 2
  5. 19 Flora pure sunflower oil Flora NOVA group 2
  6. 20 sunflower oil 1 litre NOVA group 2
  7. 21 Sainsbury's Organic Sunflower Oil Sainsbury's · 1 litre NOVA group 2
  8. 22 Sunflower Oil Sainsbury's · 1 l NOVA group 2
  9. 23 Pure Sunflower Oil Rusana · 1L NOVA group 2
  10. 24 Sunflower oil Olitalia · 1l NOVA group 2
  11. 25 Organic high-oleic sunflower oil Trader Joe's · One 1 liter NOVA group 2
  12. 26 Raffinerad Solrosolja Avioto · 810 ml NOVA group 2
  13. 27 Sunflower oil Flora · 1 l NOVA group 2
  14. 28 Sunflower Seed Butter SunButter · 16oz NOVA group 2
  15. 29 Omega Mix Holland & Barrett · 500g NOVA group 2
  16. 30 Sunflower Oil Gold Drop NOVA group 2
  17. 31 Refined Sunflower Oil Dmart NOVA group 2
  18. 32 Refined Sunflower Oil Freedom · 1 l (982 g) NOVA group 2

Processed food (9)

  1. 33 sunflower seeds original Cha Cha · 260 grams NOVA group 3
  2. 34 Sunflower Seeds David · 16 oz NOVA group 3
  3. 35 Organic Sunflower Seed Butter Once Again · 30 g NOVA group 3
  4. 36 All Organic Sprouted Sunflower Seeds Go Raw NOVA group 3
  5. 37 Rostade saltade solroskärnor Risenta · 200 g NOVA group 3
  6. 38 sunflower seed spread Trader Joe's · 454 g NOVA group 3
  7. 39 Sunflower Kernels Roasted & Salted Great Value · 16 oz NOVA group 3
  8. 40 Cold Milled Flaxseed, Sunflower, Pumpkin & Chia Seeds & Goji Berries John Woods (Lisglyn) Limited · 425 g NOVA group 3
  9. 41 Eldorado Solrosfrön med skal, rostade och saltade Eldorado · 400 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 42 Sunflower Seed Butter Chocolate SunButter · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  2. 43 Sunflower Kernels Kroger · 29 g NOVA group 4
  3. 44 Frylight Sunflower Oil Spray 190ml Frylight · 190ml NOVA group 4
  4. 45 Dry Roasted Sunflower Kernels Kraft Heinz · 5.85 oz (165 g) NOVA group 4
  5. 46 sunflower spray oil Vita d'Or · 190 ml NOVA group 4
  6. 47 Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds David · 5.25oz 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.