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.
Mexican style chicken & bean soup
Asda
UPF
Mini pizza
Morrisons
Not UPF
Mini Thai-Style Fishcakes
Waitrose
Not UPF
Mushroom and garlic pizza
By sainsbury's
UPF
Onion bhajis
Sainsburys taste the difference
UPF
Organic Mexican Bean Soup
Rifco
Not UPF
organic Sri Lankan Lentil & Coconut Soup
Really Interesting Food Company
Not UPF
Parmentier Potatoes in Shallot and Garlic Butter with Thyme
M&S Food
Not UPF
Patak's Vegetable Biryani
Patak's
Not UPF
PEPPERONI PIZZA
EVERYDAY Essentials
UPF
Pesto pasta style
Aldi
UPF
Pizza Margherita
Crosta & Mollica
Not UPF
Pork Rendang
Stocked Food
Not UPF
Potato & leek soup
Sainsbury's
UPF
Roasted Garlic Flatbread
Waitrose
Not UPF
Roasted vegetable couscous
Waitrose
Not UPF
Saag Aloo Rice
Tilda
UPF
Scottish salmon fishcakes
Sainsbury's Taste the Difference
Not UPF
Sea Salt & Black Pepper Basa Fillets
Ocean Sea, Gastro
UPF
Singapore Style Rice Noodles
Tesco
Not UPF
Slow cooked beef brisket
Waitrose
Not UPF
Smokey black bean, caramalised red onion and miso burger
Plants
Not UPF
Smokin’ Chicken & Chorizo Paella
Morrisons - Nourish
UPF
Spaghetti Carbonara
Waitrose
UPF
Specially Selected Mozzarella & Slow Roasted Tomato Sourdough Pizza
Aldi
Not UPF
Steak & ale pie
Waitrose
UPF
steak slices with a puff pastry
Marks & Spencer
UPF
Streak & Ale Pie
Tesco Finest
UPF
Sweet Potato Bean Bowl
Tesco Plant Chef
UPF
Sweet potatoe & 3 bean chilli
Wicked
Not UPF
Tabbouleh
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Thai inspired green chicken curry
Tesco
Not UPF
The Big Cheese
Carlos
UPF
The Deli 5 Slices Corned Beef
Aldi
UPF
Tomato & Basil Chicken
Sainsbury's
UPF
Tomato Soup
Waitrose
Not UPF
Triple Cook Chips
Tesco Finest
Not UPF
Tuna Pasta Melt
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Tuna sweet potato and egg salad
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Tuscan sausage penne
M&S
UPF
Vegetable lasagne
Morrisons
Not UPF
Vegetable masala
SAINSBURY'S
Not UPF
Wild Atlantic Breaded Cod Loins
UPF
6 Croissants
The Bakery
UPF
8 Falafels
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
8 Scotch Beef Quarter Pounders
Farmfoods
UPF
Agile Bowl Zesty Garlic Spinach
ZenB
Not UPF
Asian style spicy slaw
Morrisons
Not UPF
Aubergine, Mozzarella & Pesto Wood Fired Pizza
Lidl Deluxe
Not UPF
Baked giant brans in rich tomato sauce
Biona Organic
Not UPF
Batteted Cod Fillets
Asda
Not UPF
BBQ Chicken with Jasmine Rice
Tesco
Not UPF
Beef Lasagne
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Beetroot Falafel & Giant Cous Cous Salad
Co-op, GRO
Not UPF
Beetroot, rocket and feta
Marks & Spencer
Not UPF
Bhaji Battered Fries
M&S Food
Not UPF
Bio Kichererbsen Erdnuss Curry
Tress Brüder
Not UPF
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