Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Ground Beef

9 of the top 10 ground beef products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The ground beef with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 11 ground beef with complete data.

  1. 1 Extra Lean Ground Beef

    Extra Lean Ground Beef

    Trader Joe's · 16 oz
    a NOVA 1 125 kcal 0 g sugar 18.6 g protein 3.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  2. 2 Organic Ground Beef

    Organic Ground Beef

    Kirkland Signature · 3 x 1.34 lb
    c NOVA 1 214 kcal 0 g sugar 18.8 g protein 15.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  3. 3 Grass Fed Grass Finished Beef

    Grass Fed Grass Finished Beef

    Free Graze
    c NOVA 1 212 kcal 18.6 g protein 15 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  4. 4 Organic Ground Beef

    Organic Ground Beef

    Organic Rancher · 16 oz
    c NOVA 1 152 kcal 0 g sugar 22.3 g protein 8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  5. 5 Organic Ground Beef

    Organic Ground Beef

    Dakota · 16 oz
    c NOVA 1 179 kcal 0 g sugar 19.6 g protein 9.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  6. 6 Natural Ground Beef Sirloin

    Natural Ground Beef Sirloin

    H-E-B · 16 oz
    c NOVA 1 179 kcal 0 g sugar 19.6 g protein 9.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  7. 7 100% Pure Ground Beef

    100% Pure Ground Beef

    Amazon grocery · 16 oz
    c NOVA 1 250 kcal 0 g sugar 17 g protein 19.6 g fat

    Also: No additives

  8. 8 90% Lean Ground Beef

    90% Lean Ground Beef

    Nolan Ryan · 16 oz
    c NOVA 1 179 kcal 0 g sugar 19.6 g protein 9.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  9. 9 Ground Beef

    Ground Beef

    Simply Nature · 16 oz
    NOVA 1 170 kcal 0 g sugar 22 g protein 8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  10. 10 Ground Beef

    Ground Beef

    Aldi
    c NOVA 4 247 kcal 16.8 g protein 19.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published ground beef 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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