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Natural sugar substitutes, from least to most processed

We track 11 natural sugar substitutes, 82% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pure Honey Liquid.

What makes natural sugar substitutes ultra-processed

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

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 1 Pure Honey Liquid Atlantic Gold · 250g 2

Processed food (1)

  1. 2 Organic super raw honey 24 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 3 Stevia Pure Via 4
  2. 4 Natvia Natvia · 300g 4
  3. 5 Stevia Leaf Truvia · 9.8 oz 4
  4. 6 Truvia Stevia Leaf Truvia · 400 packets - 28.2 oz. (1.76 lbs.) 800g 4
  5. 7 Lucozade ENERGY Lucozade · 500ml 4
  6. 8 DEXTRO ENERGY Orange + vitamin C ENERGY TABLETS Dextro Energy · 47 g 4
  7. 9 Blueberry Dextro Energy · 47 gram 4
  8. 10 Lucozade energy original Lucozade · 500 ml 4
  9. 11 Energy Original Lucozade · 380ml 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.