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Vegan patties, from least to most processed

We track 23 vegan patties, 83% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Tesco Plant Chef 4 Spicy Bean Burgers.

What makes vegan patties ultra-processed

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

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Tesco Plant Chef 4 Spicy Bean Burgers Tesco · 454g 3
  2. 2 Veggie Fingers Higgidy-Family-Kitchen · 284 3
  3. 3 Spicy Bean Burger Plant Menu · 420 g 3
  4. 4 Spicy veg bean burgers Good life · 454 g 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 5 Bean burgers Waitrose & partners · 454 g 4
  2. 6 Crunchy Veg Burgers GRO · 280g 4
  3. 7 2 Peri Peri Vegetable Nests Plant Menu · 200 g 4
  4. 8 Vegetable masala burgers Trader Joe's · 10 oz 4
  5. 9 MMM Mighty Mushroom Bites Big Mountain Foods · 300 g (10.58 oz) 10 Bites 4
  6. 10 Vegetarian 1/4lb Burgers Linda McCartney · 227 g 4
  7. 11 Perfect Burger dr. Praeger's · 2-4oz 4
  8. 12 Plant Based Incredible Burgers Co-op · 210 g 4
  9. 13 Familjepack Schnitzel Frysta Hälsans Kök · 720g 4
  10. 14 Vegan Patties Chicken Style Vemondo · 300g 4
  11. 15 Burger made from plants Impossible Foods · 340 g 4
  12. 16 Plant-Based Burgers Beyond Burger · 6 x 113 g 4
  13. 17 Vivera Plant Steaks Vivera · 200 g 4
  14. 18 Ultimate no beef burgers Plant menu · 227g 4
  15. 19 Love Your Veg 2 Veggie Burgers Sainsbury's 4
  16. 20 Veggie Burgers Vivera · 200 g 4
  17. 21 Beyond Burger Beyond Meat · 226 g 4
  18. 22 Crispy Supreme Max · 360g 4
  19. 23 Quorn Vegan H S Burger 264g Quorn · 264g 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.