Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Cooked Meats

3 of the top 10 cooked meats products sit in NOVA group 3 — the least processed end of the scale. The cooked meats with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 15 cooked meats with complete data.

1

Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

True Story · 20 oz

b NOVA 3 89 kcal 0 g sugar 21.4 g protein 1.8 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
2

Rare roast beef

Marks & Spencer

NOVA 3 134 kcal 0.2 g sugar 28.6 g protein 2.1 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
3

Smoked Chicken

Old Hardisty Yorkshire Smokery

NOVA 3 110 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 2 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
4

Lemon & Herb Chicken

Aldi · 120g

a NOVA 4 118 kcal 0.2 g sugar 25 g protein 1.8 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
5

Sliced Roasted Turkey Breast

Trader Joe's · 300 g

b NOVA 4 197 kcal 0.5 g sugar 13.8 g protein 8.4 g fat
6

Chilli Chicken Breast

Birchwood

b NOVA 4 108 kcal 1.1 g sugar 20.4 g protein 2.2 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
7

21 Days Matured Thick Carve Roast Beef Topside

· 100g

b NOVA 4 141 kcal 0.7 g sugar 30 g protein 1.9 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
8

Charal roti cuit - de boeuf -

Charal · 90 g

c NOVA 4 145 kcal 1.5 g sugar 21 g protein 5.9 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
9

Paleron de bœuf

Bigard

c NOVA 4 164 kcal 0.7 g sugar 21 g protein 8 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
10

Opa‘s Weißer

Mehlig & Heller · 250g

d NOVA 4 305 kcal 0.5 g sugar 16 g protein 26 g fat

Also: Palm oil free

How we built this list

We ranked all published cooked meats on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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