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Vanilla, from least to most processed

We track 19 vanilla, 47% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Ecological Bourbon Vanilla powder.

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What makes vanilla ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (6)

  1. 1 Ecological Bourbon Vanilla powder Khoisan Gourmet · 10 g 1
  2. 2 Pure Vanilla Extract Costco Wholesale Corporation · 473 mL (16 fl oz) 1
  3. 3 Vanilla Extract Costco · 473ml 1
  4. 4 Taste the Difference Madagascan Vanilla Extract Sainsbury's · 38 ml 1
  5. 5 Madagascan villa extract Waitrose · 38ml 1
  6. 6 Madagascar vanilla extract Cake Decor · 60ml 1

Processed food (4)

  1. 7 Pure vanilla extract Nielsen-Massey 3
  2. 8 Organic Vanilla Essence Queen · 50ml 3
  3. 9 madagascan vanilla extract Tesco · 60ml 3
  4. 10 vanilla extract Asda · 60ml 3

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 11 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Preema 4
  2. 12 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Aldi The Pantry 4
  3. 13 Vanillinsocker ICA · 140 g 4
  4. 14 molly’s vanilla essence 38 ml 4
  5. 15 VANILLA Culinary Essence Foster Clark's 4
  6. 16 Artificial Vanilla Extract Great Value 4
  7. 17 Madagascan Vanilla Extract Dr. Oetker · 95ml 4
  8. 18 Madagascan Vanilla Dr. Oetker · 35ml 4
  9. 19 Madagascar Vanilla Extract Belbake 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.