Cocoa powders, from least to most processed

We track 61 cocoa powders, 25% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Hershey's Cocoa 100% Cacao Natural Unsweetened.

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What makes cocoa powders ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (41)

  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 organic cacao powder Everday superfood · 1kg NOVA group 1
  23. 23 Cacao Powder Organic Superfruit · 60 g NOVA group 1
  24. 24 Organic Cacao Powder Navitas Organics · 100g NOVA group 1
  25. 25 Kakao Kung Markatta · 250 g NOVA group 1
  26. 26 Cacao Belbake · 250g NOVA group 1
  27. 27 Cocoa Powder Green & Blacks · 125 g NOVA group 1
  28. 28 Bournville Cocoa Cadbury · 250g NOVA group 1
  29. 29 Cocoa Powder The Pantry · 250 g NOVA group 1
  30. 30 Kakao ICA · 200g NOVA group 1
  31. 31 Kakao Ica eco · 125g NOVA group 1
  32. 32 Kakao Coop · 200g NOVA group 1
  33. 33 Organic Baking Cocoa Rodelle · 700g NOVA group 1
  34. 34 Kakao eko Belbake · 125g NOVA group 1
  35. 35 Cocoa powder Tesco · 250 g NOVA group 1
  36. 36 Ekologisk kakao ICA · 125 g NOVA group 1
  37. 37 Fine Dark Cocoa Powder Dr. Oetker · 190g NOVA group 1
  38. 38 Cacao Dr. Oetker · 50 grame NOVA group 1
  39. 39 Cocoa Asda · 250g NOVA group 1
  40. 40 Morrisons Cocoa Morrisons NOVA group 1

Showing the first 40 of 41. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Processed food (5)

  1. 42 Indulgent Drinking Chocolate Asda · 300g NOVA group 3
  2. 43 Decadent hot chocolate 375 g NOVA group 3
  3. 44 San Cristobal Cafe Direct NOVA group 3
  4. 45 Cacao & raspberry protein balls Alesto NOVA group 3
  5. 46 Cocoa Sainsbury's · 250g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (15)

  1. 47 superfood organic Hot Chocolate Naturya · 300 g NOVA group 4
  2. 48 Drinking Chocolate Cadbury · 450g NOVA group 4
  3. 49 Hot Chocolate Powder Cadbury · 500 g NOVA group 4
  4. 50 Cadbury hot chocolate Cadbury · 250 g NOVA group 4
  5. 51 Hot chocolate MediKills · 45p g NOVA group 4
  6. 52 Drinking Chocolate Tesco · 400g NOVA group 4
  7. 53 Ögonblink choklad dryck Fazer OY Finland · 240 g NOVA group 4
  8. 54 Goody Cao Bellarom · 500g NOVA group 4
  9. 55 Cocoa and Orange Oat Bites Lidl · 30 g NOVA group 4
  10. 56 Instant hot chocolate Stockwell & Co · 375g NOVA group 4
  11. 57 Hot Cocoa Mix Swiss Miss Marshmallow · 8 NOVA group 4
  12. 58 Light Hot Chocolate Drink Dairyfine · 300g NOVA group 4
  13. 59 Instant hot chocolate Bellarom · 400 g NOVA group 4
  14. 60 Lighter hot chocolate Tesco · 270g NOVA group 4
  15. 61 Low Calorie Instant Hot Chocolate Sainsbury's · 250g NOVA group 4

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.