Cocoa and chocolate powders, from least to most processed

We track 120 cocoa and chocolate powders, 53% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Hershey's Cocoa 100% Cacao Natural Unsweetened.

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What makes cocoa and chocolate powders ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cocoa and chocolate powders that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (44)

  1. 1 Hershey's Cocoa 100% Cacao Natural Unsweetened Hershey's · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Cacao Powder Naturya · 250 g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Organic cacao powder Food Thoughts · 125g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Special Dark 100% Cacao Dutched Cocoa Hershey's Cocoa · 8 OZ (226 g) NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Cocoa Food Thoughts · 125g NOVA group 1
  6. 6 100% Cocoa Ghirardelli · 227 g NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Organic Cacao Powder Better Body Foods · 16 oz NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Organic Cacao Powder Naturya · 125g NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Cocoa powder Hershey's · 226 g NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Cocoa Hershey's · 23 oz (1 lb 7 oz) 652 g NOVA group 1
  11. 11 Divine Cocoa Divine chocolate · 125g NOVA group 1
  12. 12 100% Cocoa Dutch-Process Unsweetened Cocoa Powder Ghirardelli · 8 oz (227g) NOVA group 1
  13. 13 cocoa powder Good & Gather · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  14. 14 Baking Cocoa Kroger · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  15. 15 Cocoa Nestlé Toll House · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  16. 16 Cocoa Powder Non-Alkalized Compliments NOVA group 1
  17. 17 Organic Cocoa Powder Unsweetened 365 Whole Foods Market · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  18. 18 Kakao Garant · 250 g NOVA group 1
  19. 19 Unsweetened 100% Cocoa Powder Simple Truth Organic · 8 oz NOVA group 1
  20. 20 Cocoa Nestle Plaistowe NOVA group 1
  21. 21 Cocoa Powder Unsweetened Trader Joe's · 9oz 255g NOVA group 1
  22. 22 cocoa powder Suma · 250g NOVA group 1
  23. 23 organic cacao powder Everday superfood · 1kg NOVA group 1
  24. 24 Cacao Powder Organic Superfruit · 60 g NOVA group 1
  25. 25 Organic Cacao Powder Navitas Organics · 100g NOVA group 1
  26. 26 Kakao Kung Markatta · 250 g NOVA group 1
  27. 27 Cacao Bliss 150 g NOVA group 1
  28. 28 High Protein Choco Powder Marks & Spencer · 90 NOVA group 1
  29. 29 Cacao Belbake · 250g NOVA group 1
  30. 30 Cocoa Powder Green & Blacks · 125 g NOVA group 1
  31. 31 Bournville Cocoa Cadbury · 250g NOVA group 1
  32. 32 Cocoa Powder The Pantry · 250 g NOVA group 1
  33. 33 Kakao ICA · 200g NOVA group 1
  34. 34 Kakao Ica eco · 125g NOVA group 1
  35. 35 Kakao Coop · 200g NOVA group 1
  36. 36 Organic Baking Cocoa Rodelle · 700g NOVA group 1
  37. 37 Kakao eko Belbake · 125g NOVA group 1
  38. 38 Cocoa powder Tesco · 250 g NOVA group 1
  39. 39 Ekologisk kakao ICA · 125 g NOVA group 1
  40. 40 Fine Dark Cocoa Powder Dr. Oetker · 190g NOVA group 1

Showing the first 40 of 44. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Processed food (13)

  1. 45 Organic Cacao Nibs Navitas Organics · 8 oz NOVA group 3
  2. 46 Hot Chocolate 250 g NOVA group 3
  3. 47 Drinking Chocolate Sainsbury's · 300g NOVA group 3
  4. 48 Indulgent Drinking Chocolate Asda · 300g NOVA group 3
  5. 49 Indulgent Drinking Chocolate Tesco · 250 g NOVA group 3
  6. 50 Decadent hot chocolate 375 g NOVA group 3
  7. 51 San Cristobal Cafe Direct NOVA group 3
  8. 52 Super cosy drinking chocolate Clipper · 250 g NOVA group 3
  9. 53 Classic hot chocolate powder Islands · 200g NOVA group 3
  10. 54 Cadbury Drinking Chocolate Cadbury · 400 g NOVA group 3
  11. 55 Cacao & raspberry protein balls Alesto NOVA group 3
  12. 56 Organic hot chocolate Green and blacks · 250g NOVA group 3
  13. 57 Cocoa Sainsbury's · 250g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (63)

  1. 58 Fairtrade Instant Hot Chocolate Clipper · 350 g NOVA group 4
  2. 59 Drinking Hot Chocolate Cadbury · 750 g NOVA group 4
  3. 60 superfood organic Hot Chocolate Naturya · 300 g NOVA group 4
  4. 61 Drinking Chocolate Cadbury · 450g NOVA group 4
  5. 62 Chia + chocolate Naturya · 175 g NOVA group 4
  6. 63 Ovaltine Original Ovaltine · 300 NOVA group 4
  7. 64 Hot Chocolate Powder Cadbury · 500 g NOVA group 4
  8. 65 Cadbury hot chocolate Cadbury · 250 g NOVA group 4
  9. 66 Original drinking chocolate Cadbury · 500 NOVA group 4
  10. 67 Drinking Chocolate Galaxy · 450 g NOVA group 4
  11. 68 Hot chocolate MediKills · 45p g NOVA group 4
  12. 69 Nesquik Chocolate Flavour Nesquik · 500 g NOVA group 4
  13. 70 Milkshake Mokate NOVA group 4
  14. 71 Milo Nestlé · 400 g NOVA group 4
  15. 72 Green & Black'S Organic Chocolate Drink Green & Black’s · 300 g e NOVA group 4
  16. 73 Simply Hot Chocolate Nestlé · 1.9 kg NOVA group 4
  17. 74 Drinking Chocolate Tesco · 400g NOVA group 4
  18. 75 Simply Hot Chocolate Carnation NOVA group 4
  19. 76 Ögonblink choklad dryck Fazer OY Finland · 240 g NOVA group 4
  20. 77 Chocolate Flavor Nesquik · 10 oz NOVA group 4
  21. 78 O'boy O'boy · 1.1 kg NOVA group 4
  22. 79 Hazelnut Chocolate Spread Vegò · 350 g NOVA group 4
  23. 80 Signature Chocolate Starbucks · 330 g NOVA group 4
  24. 81 Nesquik Cocoa Nestlé · 540 g NOVA group 4
  25. 82 Nesquik Nestlé · 300g NOVA group 4
  26. 83 Nes Milo 200gm Nestlé · 200 g NOVA group 4
  27. 84 Drinking Chocolate Avalanche · 200 g NOVA group 4
  28. 85 Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix Swiss Miss · (8 x 1.25 oz) 10 oz (283 g) NOVA group 4
  29. 86 galaxy drinking chocolate Galaxy NOVA group 4
  30. 87 Galaxy hot chocolate powder Galaxy NOVA group 4
  31. 88 Goody Cao Bellarom · 500g NOVA group 4
  32. 89 Luxury Chocolate Drink Twinings · 350 g NOVA group 4
  33. 90 CHOCOLATE Nesquik Nestlé · 2.81 Lb NOVA group 4
  34. 91 Chocolate powder Nesquik · 570g NOVA group 4
  35. 92 Double choc mocha Alcafe · 184g (8 x 32ge) NOVA group 4
  36. 93 Cocoa and Orange Oat Bites Lidl · 30 g NOVA group 4
  37. 94 Costa Hot Chocolate Classic Costa · 300g NOVA group 4
  38. 95 Salted caramel drinking chocolate Hotel Chocolat NOVA group 4
  39. 96 Hot Chocolate Costa · 300g NOVA group 4
  40. 97 Instant hot chocolate Tesco NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 63. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.