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Broccoli
is broccoli.
We don't rank fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, plain milk, or eggs. They're ingredients, not products. There's nothing to compare: no additives, no NOVA-4 outliers, no dough conditioner.
Every item on this list scores 100. Buy whichever looks good.
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Eat it raw, eat it whole
Cook lightly
Steam or roast briefly. Heavy processing strips nutrients faster than light cooking.
Pair with a clean dip
Sliced and raw works for most fresh produce — try with a NOVA-3 or better dip from our hummus ranking.
Skip the pre-prep aisle
Pre-cut, pre-washed, pre-flavoured versions usually pick up additives and preservatives. Whole is fastest in the long run.
On UK shelves · indicative selection
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1 kg
Sliced red jalapeno peppers
480 g
Organic potatoes
Albert Bartlett
Avacado
Aldi
Irish beetroot sliced
Ballymaloe
Garden Peas In Water
Batchelors
Bibigp roasted seaweed flakes butter and soysauce
Bibigo
British Leeks
M&S Food · 600g
Carrot and swede mash
Marks & Spencer · 500g
Runner beans
Marks & Spencer
roasting parsnips
Marks & Spencer · 300 g
Baby Spinach
Nature's Pick
Closed Cup White Mushrooms
Sainsbury's
White Cabbage
Sainsbury's
Cavalo Nero
Sainsburys
Sugar snaps
Sainsburys
SO Organic Passata
Sainsbury’s
Ripen at home peaches
Suntrail farms
Crushed ginger
Taj
Broccoli
Tesco · 375 g
Cauliflower Florets
Tesco
Moroccan inspired vegetable mix
Tesco
Sweet potatoes
Tesco
Tesco cucumber
Tesco
Extra Fine Beans
Tesco Finest
Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Tesco Finest
Baby Leeks
Waitrose
Garden peas
Waitrose · 300g
slimming world wedges
slimming world
Frozen, canned, or pre-prepped versions do get scored — that's where additives sneak in.
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