Tuna salads, from least to most processed

We track 14 tuna salads, 71% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Corn and light tuna salad.

What makes tuna salads ultra-processed

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

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Corn and light tuna salad Rio Mare · 4 x 160 g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Wild Tuna & Red Bean Salad Wild Planet · 5.6 oz NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Salade Mexicaine au thon NiXe · 220g NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Tuna sweet potato and egg salad Sainsbury's · 240g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 5 Tuna salad with rice NiXe · 220g NOVA group 4
  2. 6 John west harissa spiced super tuna salad with couscous and lentil John West NOVA group 4
  3. 7 Tuna Pasta salad John West · 220 g NOVA group 4
  4. 8 Super tuna salad John West · 220g NOVA group 4
  5. 9 Tuna bean salad John West · 220 g NOVA group 4
  6. 10 JOHN WEST Tuna light lunch John West · 220g NOVA group 4
  7. 11 Honey and Ginger Super Tuna Salad with lentils and chickpeas John West · 220 NOVA group 4
  8. 12 John west Indian super tuna salad with couscous and lentils John West · 220g NOVA group 4
  9. 13 Original Tuna Salad & Crackers Bumble Bee · 3.5 oz (100 g) NOVA group 4
  10. 14 Tuna Creations Deli Style Tuna Salad Starkist · 3 oz 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.