Coconuts, from least to most processed

We track 14 coconuts, 7% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Desiccated Coconut.

What makes coconuts ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (10)

  1. 1 Desiccated Coconut Belbake · 170 g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Organic coconut creamed Biona organic · 200 g NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Waitrose Coconut Chunks Waitrose · 90 g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Kokoschips Kung Markatta · 100 g NOVA group 1
  5. 5 Kung Markatta Kokosgrädde Kung Markatta · 400 ml NOVA group 1
  6. 6 Ekologisk riven kokos ICA · 200 g NOVA group 1
  7. 7 Ekologiska rostade kokoschips Sellton · 200 g NOVA group 1
  8. 8 Desiccated Coconut Tesco NOVA group 1
  9. 9 Desiccated Coconut Sainsbury's · 250 g NOVA group 1
  10. 10 Desiccated coconut Morrisons · 200 g NOVA group 1

Processed food (3)

  1. 11 Coconut flakes Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  2. 12 Toasted Coconut Holland & Barrett · 210g NOVA group 3
  3. 13 Dessicated Coconut Natural Selection · 300 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (1)

  1. 14 Keto coconut clusters Simply Nature 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.