WAITROSE · INGREDIENT FREQUENCY

What's in Waitrose's products?

We scored 3,559 Waitrose products from our UK supermarket index (1,979 have a verified NOVA processing score). Here's what shows up most often in their ingredient lists, and how scores are distributed across the shelf.

Score distribution — 1,979 scored Waitrose products

80+

603

30.5%

60-79

196

9.9%

40-59

426

21.5%

<40

754

38.1%

Most common additives in Waitrose's shelf

% = of Waitrose products that contain at least one mention of this additive in their ingredient list.

Citric acid (E330) 172 6.2%
Lecithin (E322) 126 4.5%
E322I 106 3.8%
Sodium carbonate / bicarb (E500) 104 3.7%
Ascorbic acid / Vitamin C (E300) 84 3%
E500II 78 2.8%
Diphosphates (E450) 76 2.7%
Mono- and diglycerides (E471) 68 2.4%
Paprika extract (E160c) 67 2.4%
Potassium sorbate (E202) 58 2.1%
E250 51 1.8%
E440 46 1.7%
E450I 44 1.6%
E422 44 1.6%
E301 40 1.4%
E270 40 1.4%
E503 39 1.4%
Xanthan gum (E415) 35 1.3%
E150A 32 1.2%
Sodium metabisulfite (E223) 30 1.1%

Most common ingredients on Waitrose's shelf

The categorical-tag class includes broad descriptors (water, salt, sugar) alongside ingredients proper. Read these as "what tag-class shows up across the Waitrose shelf".

Salt 30.1%

Sugar 22.4%

Water 20.7%

Flour 18.3%

Dairy 16%

Wheat 15.1%

Rapeseed Oil 12.5%

Wheat Flour 12.4%

Vegetable Oil 11.9%

Seed 11.8%

Iron 10.9%

Thiamin 10.8%

Garlic 9.8%

Plant 9.4%

Yeast 9.1%

Starch 8.8%

Onion 8.4%

Pepper 8.3%

Juice 8.1%

Fruit Juice 8.1%

Glucose 7.2%

Corn 7.1%

Black Pepper 6.8%

Sunflower Oil 6.8%

Corn Flour 6.2%