Chilled and frozen ready meals lean on stabilisers, flavourings and preservatives to survive the supply chain. Some are far simpler than others — these are the ones Nomi has analysed.
Beef lasagne
UPF
Campbell's Cream of Chicken Condensed Soup
Campbell's
UPF
Cheese & tomato pizza
Everyday essentials
Not UPF
Chicken ceasar bacon baguette
Pret
UPF
Chicken Korma with pilau rice
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Chicken Nuggets with Curry and Sweet-and-Sour Dips
Lidl
UPF
Classic margherita
Marks & Spencer
UPF
Cottage pie
Kirstys
UPF
crispy salmon dragon rolls
YO!
UPF
Homestyle Chips
Harvest Basket
UPF
Lamb rogan josh
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Lentil Bolognese
Worldwide Foods
UPF
Long Grain Rice
Uncle Ben's
Not UPF
Lunch Bowl
Ben's Original
Not UPF
M&S Food Smoky BBQ Pulled Chicken Pizza
Marks & Spencer
UPF
Macaroni Cheese
Inspired Cuisine, Aldi
Not UPF
Mash
Tesco
Not UPF
Mashed potato
Waitrose
Not UPF
Meringue nests
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Morrisons
The Best
Not UPF
Prawn, Garlic, Chilli Ravioli
Dell Ugo
Not UPF
puff pastry
The pantry
UPF
refried beans
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Roast chicken & avocado
Marks & Spencer
UPF
Sainsbury's taste THE DIFFERENCE AUBERGINE PARMIGI
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Slow-Cooked Beef Ragu with Chianti DOP Wine Ravioli
Tesco Finest
UPF
Smoked haddock melt in the middle fishcakes
Lidl
UPF
Spiced Parsnip Soup
Tideford organics
Not UPF
Thai Green Curry Kit
Thai Taste
Not UPF
Thai Taste Green Curry Paste
Thai Taste
Not UPF
Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce
Morrisons
Not UPF
Tomato & Basil Soup
Asda
Not UPF
Ultra Thin Spicy Chicken Arrabbiata Wood Fired Pizza
M&S, M&S Food, M&S Food Collection
UPF
Vegetable Samosas
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Wood Fired Pizza Mizzarella Di Bufala Margherita
M&S
Not UPF
Butternut squash & tarragon soup
Waitrose
Not UPF
Cannelloni Beef & pork Ragu tomato & besciamella
Crosta & Mollica
Not UPF
Chicken and Pesto Pasta Bowl
M&S Foods
Not UPF
Chicken And Vegetable Soup
M&S Food
UPF
Chicken And Vegetable Soup
Aldi
Not UPF
Chicken meatballs in tomato sauce
Fray Bentos, Tropicana
Not UPF
Chicken pad thai
Tesco
Not UPF
Chilli, prawn linguine
Nourish
Not UPF
Creamy Chicken Soup
Soupreme
UPF
Crinkle cut oven chips
Waitrose
Not UPF
Four cheese tortelloni
Chef Select
UPF
Gastropub fish pie
Marks and Spencer
Not UPF
Ginger Paste
Tesco
Not UPF
Indian inspired onion bhaji rice salad
Tesco
Not UPF
King Prawn Tomato and Basil Pasta Salad
M&S Food
Not UPF
King Prawn, Chicken & Chorizo Paella
Aldi Specially Selected
UPF
LASAGNE SHEETS
CUCINA
Not UPF
Macaroni Cheese
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Mature Cheddar & Sweet Chilli Dinky Rolls
Higgidy
UPF
Mexican Bean and Sweet Potato Veg Box
Pollen & Grace
Not UPF
Mexican Style Rice
Waitrose & Partners
UPF
Microwave wholegrain basmati rice & red & white quinoa
M&S, Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.