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Vegetarian meals, from least to most processed

We track 11 vegetarian meals, 73% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Potato salad vegan.

What makes vegetarian meals ultra-processed

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

Processed food (3)

  1. 1 Potato salad vegan Marks & Spencer 3
  2. 2 Nut Roast Artisan Grains · 200 g 3
  3. 3 Vegetarian Pesto, Vegetable And Mozzarella Melts Tesco 3

Ultra-processed food (8)

  1. 4 Dumplings med grönsaker 400 g 4
  2. 5 Rödbetssallad ICA · 400 g 4
  3. 6 Potatissallad Vegan ICA · 400 g 4
  4. 7 Swabian Style Potato Salad, with vinegar & rapeseed oil Taste of Deutschland · 250 g 4
  5. 8 Potatissalad vegansk Rydbergs · 350 g 4
  6. 9 Vegetarisk krögarpytt Felix · 1000 g 4
  7. 10 Linguine bolognese Findus · 400 g 4
  8. 11 Vegan Stew with beetroot & white cabbage Kuljanka · 800 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.