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Cooking helpers, from least to most processed

We track 219 cooking helpers, 73% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Creamed Coconut Block.

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What makes cooking helpers ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (18)

  1. 1 Creamed Coconut Block Blue Dragon · 200g 1
  2. 2 100% Cocoa Ghirardelli · 227 g 1
  3. 3 Unsweetened Coconut Flakes Organic Great Value · 7 oz 1
  4. 4 Baking Cocoa Essential Everyday · 5 g 1
  5. 5 Pancake mix Don cube · 300g 1
  6. 6 Unsweetened Coconut Flakes Let's Do Organic · 7 oz 1
  7. 7 Organic Cacao Powder Navitas Organics · 100g 1
  8. 8 Hjorthornssalt Dr. Oetker · 25 g 1
  9. 9 Organic Coconut Milk Native Forest · 13.5 fl oz 1
  10. 10 Corn Meal Quaker · 24 oz 1
  11. 11 Nutritional yeast vsf mini flake Red Star · 144 g 1
  12. 12 Pillsbury Bread flour 5lb Pillsbury 1
  13. 13 Pillsbury All purpose Flour 5lb Pillsbury · 5lb 1
  14. 14 Nutritional Yeast Bob's Red Mill · 5 oz (142 g) 1
  15. 15 Organic Baking Cocoa Rodelle · 700g 1
  16. 16 Sugar Free Orange flavour jelly Hartley's · 4 x 145 g 1
  17. 17 Sponge cake Mix Marks & Spencer · 500 g 1
  18. 18 Doves Farm Baking Powder Doves farm · 130 g 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 19 Corn Starch Baker's Corner · 454 g 2

Processed food (40)

  1. 20 Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cold Pressed Italiamo · 16.9 fl oz 3
  2. 21 Chef’s Drops 72% Rio Caribe Dark Chocolate Willies Cacao 3
  3. 22 Pueblo London Queso Fresco · 10 oz 3
  4. 23 Bread Crumbs 365 Everyday Value · 8 oz 3
  5. 24 Panko Bread Crumbs Kikkoman 3
  6. 25 Organic Bread Crumbs Trader Joe's · 10 oz 3
  7. 26 Panko Plain 4C Crumbs 3
  8. 27 Bread Crumbs Panko Chef's Cupboard · 8 oz 3
  9. 28 fine breadcrumbs Sainsbury's · 230g 3
  10. 29 No-Bake Raspberry Crumble Get Raw AB · 35 g 3
  11. 30 Yorkshire Pudding & Pancake Mix Goldenfry Foods Ltd. 3
  12. 31 Seeded Bread Mix M&S · 500g 3
  13. 32 Plain Panko Bread Crumbs Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3
  14. 33 Ready to bake Crumble Mix Aunt Bessie’s · 400g 3
  15. 34 Bread Crumbs Plain Progresso · 425g 3
  16. 35 Thai Chili Pasta Chef's Choice · 220 g 3
  17. 36 Crispy Jalapeño Pieces Trader Joe's 3
  18. 37 Passionfruit in Sweetened Syrup Tasti · 1.2kg 3
  19. 38 Coconut cream of cans milliliter each Thep Padung Porn Coconut Co. Ltd. · 560 ml 3
  20. 39 Chocolate Muffin & Cake Almond Flour Mix Simple Mills · 10.4 oz 3
  21. 40 Sweetened Coconut Flakes Great Value · 7 oz 3
  22. 41 Almond Flour Baking Mix Brownie Simple Mills · 12.9 oz 3
  23. 42 filo Pastry Theos 3
  24. 43 Pancake shaker mix vegan Tesco 3
  25. 44 Betty Crocker Sugar cookie mix imp Betty Crocker · 496 3
  26. 45 Baking Powder Rumford · 230 g 3
  27. 46 Magic Baking Powder Kraft · 450g 3
  28. 47 Baking Powder, Double Acting Trader Joe's · 8.1 oz (230 g) 3
  29. 48 baking powder No Name · 450g 3
  30. 49 Free Baking powder imp Doves farm 3
  31. 50 Baking Powder 365 Everyday Value · 10 oz 3
  32. 51 Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix Original Simple Mills · 10.7 oz 3
  33. 52 Protein Almond Flour Pancake Mix Original Simple Mills · 5 3
  34. 53 Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders · 16 oz 3
  35. 54 Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill 3
  36. 55 Sweet Yellow Cornbread & Muffin Mix Martha White · 7 oz 3
  37. 56 Homestyle Pancake & Waffle Mix - Just add water Bob's Red Mill · 24 oz 3
  38. 57 Baking Powder Clabber Girl · 230g 3
  39. 58 Baking Powder Davis Baking Powder · 0.6 g 3
  40. 59 Original Pancake & Waffle Mix Pearl Milling Company · 907 g 3

Ultra-processed food (160)

  1. 60 Custard Powder Bird's 4
  2. 61 Bread Crumbs - Italian Style Progresso · 3.25 cups 15 oz (425g) 4
  3. 62 Organic psyllium husk powder Viva Naturals · 24 oz 4
  4. 63 Maple Pecans Glazed Mix Sahale Snacks · 4 oz 4
  5. 64 Fudge brownie Betty Crocker · 16.3 oz 4
  6. 65 Pan-Perfect Sticky Korean BBQ Maggi · 39g 4
  7. 66 Coconut Cream Savoy · 400ml 4
  8. 67 lite coconut milk Thai Kitchen · 403 ml. 4
  9. 68 Coconut Milk Simply Asia · 13.66 fl oz (403 mL) 4
  10. 69 baking flour Bob's Red Mill 4
  11. 70 Panko bread crumbs Obento · 200 g 4
  12. 71 Black Bean And Garlic Stir Fry Sauce M&S Food · 150g 4
  13. 72 Baking Powder Morrisons · 160 4
  14. 73 Egg Replacer Bob's Red Mill · 12 oz (3/4 lb) 340 g 4
  15. 74 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips Ghirardelli · 10 oz 4
  16. 75 Instant Gulab Jamun mix Chitale Foods · 7 oz (200 g) 4
  17. 76 Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix Baker's Corner · 183. oz 4
  18. 77 Baking powder Cook · 150 g 4
  19. 78 Buttermilk Protein Pancake Mix Trader Joe's · 1 pound 4
  20. 79 Baking Powder Sainsbury's · 160 g 4
  21. 80 baking powder imp Argo · 340 gr 4
  22. 81 Baking Powder Waitrose & Partners · 160 g 4
  23. 82 Baking Powder McKenzie's · 125g 4
  24. 83 Baking Powder Tesco - Stockwell & Co · 150 g 4
  25. 84 Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders · 16 oz 4
  26. 85 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Cinnamon Oat Kodiak · 20 oz 4
  27. 86 Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Buttermilk Kodiak · 2041.165665 4
  28. 87 Organic 7 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill · 680 g 4
  29. 88 Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Bob's Red Mill · 24 oz (1 lb 8 oz) 680 g 4
  30. 89 Baking Powder Bob's Red Mill · 14 oz (397 g) 4
  31. 90 Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Annie's · 26 oz 4
  32. 91 Buckwheat Pancake Mix Orgran · 375 g (13.2 oz) 4
  33. 92 Flamed Baked Pizza Based Loyd Grossman 4
  34. 93 Panko Breadcrumbs Morrisons · 150 g 4
  35. 94 Garant Ljus bakchoklad 37 % kakao Axfood · 200 g 4
  36. 95 Fudge Brownie Mix Betty Crocker · 18.3 oz (1 lb 2.3 oz) 519 g 4
  37. 96 Xanthan Gum Doves farm · 100 g 4
  38. 97 Dark Chocolate Chips The Pantry · 100 g 4
  39. 98 Dark Chocolate Chips Asda · 100g 4
  40. 99 mjölmix Lailas · 1kg 4

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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.