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Sugar substitutes, from least to most processed

We track 39 sugar substitutes, 92% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Pure Honey Liquid.

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What makes sugar substitutes ultra-processed

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

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

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

Processed food (2)

  1. 2 Organic super raw honey 24 oz 3
  2. 3 Stevia Zero Splenda 3

Ultra-processed food (36)

  1. 4 Alternative sugar Splenda Zero Calorie Stevia · 9.7 g 4
  2. 5 Stevia Great value 4
  3. 6 Stockwell sweeteners Stockwell & Co 4
  4. 7 Stevia with Erythritol Whole Earth · 350g 4
  5. 8 Stevia Pure Via 4
  6. 9 Zero Calorie Sweetener Volupta · 32 oz 4
  7. 10 Splenda Stevia Zero Calorie Sweetener Splenda 4
  8. 11 Monk Fruit Splenda · 100 mL 4
  9. 12 Golden Erythritol & Monk Fruit Whole Earth 4
  10. 13 Monkfruit Sweetener with Erythritol Lakanto · 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g 4
  11. 14 Stevia ounce bakers In the Raw 4
  12. 15 Sweetener natVia · 350 g 4
  13. 16 Half Spoon The Silver Spoon Company · 1kg 4
  14. 17 Half Spoon Silver Spoon · 500 g 4
  15. 18 Natvia Natvia · 300g 4
  16. 19 100% Natural Sweetener with Stevia Natvia+ · 300g 4
  17. 20 Stevia In The Raw In The Raw 4
  18. 21 Calorie Free Sweetener Sugar Twin · 32 g 4
  19. 22 Sweeteners stevia Aldi 4
  20. 23 Sucralose Granulated Sweetener The Pantry · 75 g 4
  21. 24 Stevia Leaf Truvia · 9.8 oz 4
  22. 25 Truvia Stevia Leaf Truvia · 400 packets - 28.2 oz. (1.76 lbs.) 800g 4
  23. 26 Truvia Truvia · 360g 4
  24. 27 Canderel Sugarly Canderel · 275g 4
  25. 28 Use Like Sugar Nicks · 300g 4
  26. 29 Asucar Splenda 4
  27. 30 Stevia sweet Poudre Hermesetas · 75 g 4
  28. 31 Lucozade ENERGY Lucozade · 500ml 4
  29. 32 DEXTRO ENERGY Orange + vitamin C ENERGY TABLETS Dextro Energy · 47 g 4
  30. 33 Stevia Leaf Sweet Granules Pure Via · 250 g 4
  31. 34 Blueberry Dextro Energy · 47 gram 4
  32. 35 Salted Caramel Syrup The Skinny Food Co · 60ml 4
  33. 36 Lucozade energy original Lucozade · 500 ml 4
  34. 37 Lucozade Sport Orange Lucozade · 500ml 4
  35. 38 Energy Original Lucozade · 380ml 4
  36. 39 Zero Calorie Maple Syrup Skinny Food Co · 425 ml 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.