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Vegetable sauces, from least to most processed

We track 11 vegetable sauces, 9% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is San Marzano Blend Low Sodium Marinara Pasta Sauce.

What makes vegetable sauces ultra-processed

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

Processed food (10)

  1. 1 San Marzano Blend Low Sodium Marinara Pasta Sauce The Silver Palate · 708g 3
  2. 2 Tomato and Chilli Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  3. 3 Tomato Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  4. 4 Tomato and Red wine Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  5. 5 Tomato & Chilli Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  6. 6 Kania Ajvar mild Kania · 350 g 3
  7. 7 Sweet Basil Marinara / Marinara Au Basilic Classico 3
  8. 8 Garden Select Six Vegetable Recipe Tomato & Basil Catelli · 640 ml 3
  9. 9 Coconut lentil turmeric daal BOL · 450 g 3
  10. 10 Houmous Sabra · 350g 3

Ultra-processed food (1)

  1. 11 Base per Bolognese Barilla · 400.0 g 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.