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Granulated sugars, from least to most processed

We track 14 granulated sugars, 14% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Granulated Sugar.

What makes granulated sugars ultra-processed

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

Processed culinary ingredient (12)

  1. 1 Granulated Sugar Silver Spoon · 1kg 2
  2. 2 Granulated Sugar Belbake · 1 kg 2
  3. 3 Organic Coconut Sugar The Groovy Food Company · 500 g 2
  4. 4 Premium Pure Cane Granulated Sugar Domino · 4 pound 2
  5. 5 Granulated Sugar Tate & Lyle · 1kg 2
  6. 6 Granulated Sugar Great Value · 4 lb (1.81 kg) 2
  7. 7 White Sugar Sainsbury’s 2
  8. 8 Golden Granulated Cane Sugar Sainsbury's SO Organic · 500 g 2
  9. 9 White granulated sugar Sainsbury's · 1 kg 2
  10. 10 Golden Granulated Natural Unrefined Cane Sugar Billington's · 1kg 2
  11. 11 Granulated sugar Aldi - The Pantry · 1 kilo gram 2
  12. 12 Silver Spoon Granulated Sugar Silver Spoon 2

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 13 Lyle's Golden Syrup Baking Bottle Tate & Lyle 4
  2. 14 Tate Lyle Jam Sugar Fairtrade 1kg Tate & Lyle 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.