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Turkeys, from least to most processed

We track 66 turkeys, 61% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Lean Turkey Mince.

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What makes turkeys ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Lean Turkey Mince Ashfields · 500g 1
  2. 2 Turkey Breast Steaks Sainsbury's · 460g 1
  3. 3 Kalkon - hel bröstfilé Eldorado 1
  4. 4 93% Lean 7% Fat Ground Turkey Jennie-O · 112 g 1

Processed food (22)

  1. 5 Roast turkey breast Waitrose · 80g 3
  2. 6 Free Range Apple Wood Smoked Turkey Breast Waitrose · 80g 3
  3. 7 Organic Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast Trader Joe's · 6 oz 3
  4. 8 Turkey Breast Plainville Farms · 6 oz 3
  5. 9 Roasted Turkey Breast ORIGINALS Organic · 9 oz 3
  6. 10 Organic Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Trader Joe's · 6 oz 3
  7. 11 Hickory Smoked Uncured Turkey Bacon Columbus · 40 oz 3
  8. 12 Uncured Turkey Bacon Nature's Promise · 10 oz 3
  9. 13 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Simply Nature · 6 oz 3
  10. 14 All Natural Oven-Roasted Turkey Breast Ultra-Thin Deli Slices Good & Gather · 8 oz 3
  11. 15 Uncured Turkey Bacon Marketside · 10 oz 3
  12. 16 Uncured Turkey Bacon Trader Joe's · 227 g 3
  13. 17 Turkey Burgers Trader Joe's · 16 oz 3
  14. 18 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Applegate · 6 oz 3
  15. 19 Savory Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties Applegate Naturals · 7 oz 3
  16. 20 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Applegate Naturals 3
  17. 21 Original Turkey Sticks Chomps · 9.2 oz 3
  18. 22 Original All Natural Chomps Antibiotic Free Turkey Chomps · 32 g 3
  19. 23 Minis Original Turkey Archer · 46 oz 3
  20. 24 Lemon pepper Righteous felon craft jerky · 28 g 3
  21. 25 Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties Butterball · 8 oz 3
  22. 26 Lean White Turkey Oven Roasted Oscar Mayer · 16 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (40)

  1. 27 Fresh Ground Turkey Kirkwood · 4 oz 4
  2. 28 Roast Turkey Slices Marks and spencer · 120g 4
  3. 29 British roast turkey breast Waitrose · 6 slices 4
  4. 30 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Trader Joe's · 7 oz 4
  5. 31 Oven Roasted deli Turkey Hormel Natural Choice · 8 oz 4
  6. 32 Applewood Smoked deli Turkey Hormel Natural Choice 4
  7. 33 Rökt kalkon ICA · 200g 4
  8. 34 Turkey Asda · 100 g 4
  9. 35 West Country butter roast turkey breast Morrisons · 120 g 4
  10. 36 All Natural Turkey Sausage Jones · 5 oz 4
  11. 37 Slow Roasted Turkey Breast Hillshire Farm · 33 oz 4
  12. 38 British Turkey Breast Sainsbury's · 150g 4
  13. 39 Snack Sticks Turkey Sausage Simms · 8 oz 4
  14. 40 Roast Turkey Breast Tesco · 125g 4
  15. 41 Deli Choice Roast Turkey Breast Birchwood 4
  16. 42 Honey Roasted Turkey Breast Hillshire Farm · 9 oz 4
  17. 43 Turkey Bacon Original Oscar Mayer · 12 Oz 4
  18. 44 Turkey Bacon Jennie-O · 12 oz 4
  19. 45 Natural Turkey Uncured Turkey Franks Oscar Mayer · 16oz (1LB) 4
  20. 46 Cracked Black Pepper Turkey Breast Oscar Mayer 4
  21. 47 Golden breaded turkey steaks Bernard Matthews · 200g 4
  22. 48 Smoked Turkey Rashers Oakpark · 150 g 4
  23. 49 Turkey Sticks Smoked Sausage Old Wisconsin · 28 oz 4
  24. 50 Prime fresh smoked turkey breast lunchmeat Smithfield · 8 oz 4
  25. 51 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Marketside · 8 oz 4
  26. 52 Turkey dinosaurs Bernard Matthew’s 4
  27. 53 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast & White Turkey | Lean Land O Frost · 16 oz 4
  28. 54 Turkey Rashers Mattessons · 150 g 4
  29. 55 Turkey Rashers Lightly Smoked Mattessons · 150g 4
  30. 56 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Hillshire Farm · 9 oz 4
  31. 57 8 Turkey Sausages Sainsbury's 4
  32. 58 Turkey Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage Johnsonville 4
  33. 59 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Lunch Mate · 16 oz 4
  34. 60 Oven roasted turkey breast Dulano by Lidl 4
  35. 61 Sliced Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Kirkland Signature · 397g (14OZ) 4
  36. 62 Turkey Slice Great value · 32 oz 4
  37. 63 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Oscar Mayer · 9 oz 4
  38. 64 Turkey Burgers McCaghey · 400 g 4
  39. 65 Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Great Value · 9 oz 4
  40. 66 Stuffing Mix Stove Top · 6 oz (170g) 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.