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Vegetable based frozen ready-made meals, from least to most processed

We track 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals, 56% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Five-Bean Chilli.

What makes vegetable based frozen ready-made meals ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of vegetable based frozen ready-made meals that contain each:

Processed food (4)

  1. 1 Five-Bean Chilli All Plants · 300g 3
  2. 2 Cauliflower & Lentil Dahl Plants · 300g 3
  3. 3 Thai Pad Thai Amy's · 269 g 3
  4. 4 Kimbap Korean Tofu and Vegetable Seaweed Rice Roll Trader Joe's · 230 g 3

Ultra-processed food (5)

  1. 5 Mexican Style Stir Fry Veg Mix Freshona · 750 g 4
  2. 6 Ost- & broccolipaj Chef Select · 220 g 4
  3. 7 Curry Co-op · 370 g 4
  4. 8 Jumeokbap Trader Joe's · 10.58 oz 4
  5. 9 Bubble & squeak vegan smoked cheddar melt Sainsbury's · 280g 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.