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Sweet potatoes and their products, from least to most processed

We track 19 sweet potatoes and their products, 53% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sweet Potatoes.

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What makes sweet potatoes and their products ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Sweet Potatoes Tesco · 1kg 1
  2. 2 Sweet Potatoes M&S Eat Well · 500g 1
  3. 3 Sweet Potatoes Premium · 3 lbs 1
  4. 4 Sweet Potatoes Great Value · 10 oz 1

Processed food (5)

  1. 5 Soft & Chewy Sweet Potato Sticks Snak Yard · 2.82 oz 3
  2. 6 Sweet Potato Chips Simply Nature · 7 oz 3
  3. 7 Sweet Potato with Sea Salt Terra · 6 oz 3
  4. 8 Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries Strong Roots · 500 g 3
  5. 9 sweet potato pakora with red pepper, cumin and chilli Gosh! · 171g 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 10 Sweet Potato Hash Brown Strong Roots · 350 g 4
  2. 11 oven baked sweet potato fries Strong Foods · 1.5 kg 4
  3. 12 Sweet potato fries Marks & Spencers · 500 g 4
  4. 13 Sweet Potato Fries M&s Food · 300 g 4
  5. 14 Sweet Potato Fries Alexia · 20 oz (566g) 4
  6. 15 Sweet Potato Waffle Cut Fries Alexia · 20 oz 4
  7. 16 Sweet Potato Fries Trader Joe's · 15 oz 4
  8. 17 Sweet potatoes Strong Roots · 500 g 4
  9. 18 Australian Sweet Potato Rustic Style Straight Cut Chips in a Crispy Batter Coles · 750g 4
  10. 19 Crispy Sweet Potato Fries Harvie Basket · 500 g 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.