Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Food

10 of the top 10 food products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The food with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 124 food with complete data.

  1. 1 Linwoods Shelled Hemp

    Linwoods Shelled Hemp

    Linwoods · 200 g
    a NOVA 1 617 kcal 1.1 g sugar 35 g protein 52 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  2. 2 Natursauerteig

    Natursauerteig

    Seitenbacher · 75g
    a NOVA 1 165 kcal 0 g sugar 5 g protein 1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  3. 3 Quick cook freekeh & quinoa

    Quick cook freekeh & quinoa

    Waitrose · 250 g
    a NOVA 1 120 kcal 0.3 g sugar 4.3 g protein 1.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  4. 4 Desperados Original

    Desperados Original

    Desperados · 4 x 0,5 l
    a NOVA 1 57 kcal 2.3 g sugar 0 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  5. 5 Air Up Pod - Cherry

    Air Up Pod - Cherry

    air up · 1 piece
    a NOVA 1 0 kcal 0 g sugar 0 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: No additives

  6. 6 Pitted deglet nour dates

    Pitted deglet nour dates

    Meharban · 1.5lb
    c NOVA 1 293 kcal 63.4 g sugar 2.4 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  7. 7 Organic Plain Grassfed Yogurt

    Organic Plain Grassfed Yogurt

    Nancy's · 24 oz
    c NOVA 1 126 kcal 11 g sugar 7 g protein 6 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives

  8. 8 Maggi Sauce zu Geflügel

    Maggi Sauce zu Geflügel

    30.09.2023 · 1pcs
    c NOVA 1 29 kcal 1 g sugar 0.7 g protein 0.7 g fat

    Also: No additives

  9. 9 Boost

    Boost

    d NOVA 1 385 kcal 26.5 g sugar 11 g protein 2.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  10. 10 Japanese Egg Rolls

    Japanese Egg Rolls

    Hsu Fu Chi · 420 g
    e NOVA 1 476 kcal 33.3 g sugar 9.5 g protein 21.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published food 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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