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Wheat semolinas, from least to most processed

We track 30 wheat semolinas, 33% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Orzo.

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What makes wheat semolinas ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (13)

  1. 1 Orzo TESCO finest* · 500 g 1
  2. 2 Wholewheat Couscous Tesco · 500 g 1
  3. 3 Penne Ziti Rigati Garofalo · 500g 1
  4. 4 Couscous Tesco · 500 g 1
  5. 5 Wholewheat Couscous Marks & Spencer · 500g 1
  6. 6 Giant Cous Cous Asda · 300g 1
  7. 7 Couscous Sainsbury's · 1kg 1
  8. 8 Whole Durum Wheat Cous Cous Trader Joe's · 45 g 1
  9. 9 Cous Cous 500g Coop · 500g 1
  10. 10 Couscous Le choix du Président · 1.8kg 1
  11. 11 Sweet & Fluffy Cous Cous Sainsbury's 1
  12. 12 Couscous Rice Select · 600g 1
  13. 13 Giant Cous cous Sainsbury's · 300 g 1

Processed food (7)

  1. 14 Couscous Morrisons 3
  2. 15 Giant wholewheat couscous Waitrose & partners · 300g 3
  3. 16 cous cous Asda 3
  4. 17 Organic Couscous Trader Joe's · 12 oz 3
  5. 18 Ekologisk couscous fullkorn Garant · 500 g 3
  6. 19 Couscous Golden Sun · 260g 3
  7. 20 Organic Sandwich Rolls Dave’s Killer Bread · 18 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (10)

  1. 21 COUSCOUS MIX Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Near East · 5.8 oz 4
  2. 22 Moroccan style couscous Sainsbury's 4
  3. 23 Lemon & Coriander Couscous Tesco 4
  4. 24 East Indian spices cous cous Twistd Flavour Co 4
  5. 25 lemon couscous Sainsbury's · 110g 4
  6. 26 Mediterranean Cous Cous Lidl · 100g 4
  7. 27 Wild mushroom couscous Ainsley Harriott · 100 g 4
  8. 28 Cous Cous Aldi · 100 g 4
  9. 29 Roasted Vegetable Couscous Ainsley · 100 g 4
  10. 30 Lemon & Coriander Cous Cous Bramwells · 100g 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.