Sugars, from least to most processed

We track 99 sugars, 31% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Original Microwaveable Oats.

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What makes sugars ultra-processed

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

Processed culinary ingredient (68)

  1. 1 Original Microwaveable Oats Quaker · 540 g NOVA group 2
  2. 2 Granulated Sugar Silver Spoon · 1kg NOVA group 2
  3. 3 Granulated Sugar Belbake · 1 kg NOVA group 2
  4. 4 Organic Coconut Sugar The Groovy Food Company · 500 g NOVA group 2
  5. 5 Sugar Silver spoon · 1kg NOVA group 2
  6. 6 Zahar Margaritar · 1kg NOVA group 2
  7. 7 Organic Raw Cane Sugar Florida Crystals · 48 oz NOVA group 2
  8. 8 Light Brown Soft Natural Unrefined Cane Sugar Billington's · 500g NOVA group 2
  9. 9 Keshar Premium Desi Gud Keshar · 900 g NOVA group 2
  10. 10 Premium Pure Cane Granulated Sugar Domino · 4 pound NOVA group 2
  11. 11 Granulated Sugar Tate & Lyle · 1kg NOVA group 2
  12. 12 Pure Cane Sugar Zulka NOVA group 2
  13. 13 Granulated Sugar Great Value · 4 lb (1.81 kg) NOVA group 2
  14. 14 Fairtrade white caster sugar Sainsbury's · 1 kg NOVA group 2
  15. 15 Light Muscavado Sugar Billington's · 500g NOVA group 2
  16. 16 Billington's natural unrefined caster sugar NOVA group 2
  17. 17 White Sugar Sainsbury’s NOVA group 2
  18. 18 Golden Granulated Cane Sugar Sainsbury's SO Organic · 500 g NOVA group 2
  19. 19 Caster baking sugar Tate lyle · 500g NOVA group 2
  20. 20 White granulated sugar Sainsbury's · 1 kg NOVA group 2
  21. 21 Billington’s Dark Brown Sugar Billington’s · 500g NOVA group 2
  22. 22 Golden Granulated Natural Unrefined Cane Sugar Billington's · 1kg NOVA group 2
  23. 23 Demerara Billington's · 1kg NOVA group 2
  24. 24 Granulated sugar Aldi - The Pantry · 1 kilo gram NOVA group 2
  25. 25 Organic Coconut Palm Sugar Wholesome · 1 lb NOVA group 2
  26. 26 Silver Spoon Granulated Sugar Silver Spoon NOVA group 2
  27. 27 Frosted Shredded Bite Size Wheats Trader Joe's · 5kg NOVA group 2
  28. 28 coconut sugar Belbake · 1000g NOVA group 2
  29. 29 Dark Muscovado Tate & Lyle · 500 g NOVA group 2
  30. 30 Organic Coconut Sugar D · 300 g NOVA group 2
  31. 31 cane sugar Simply Nature · 2 lb NOVA group 2
  32. 32 Cane Sugar Organic Granulated Great Value Organic NOVA group 2
  33. 33 Pure Cane Sugar Great Value NOVA group 2
  34. 34 Billington's Molasses Sugar Billington's · 500 g NOVA group 2
  35. 35 Svenskt Strösocker Dansukker · 2 kg NOVA group 2
  36. 36 Pure Sugar Great Value · 15.88kg NOVA group 2
  37. 37 Organic Coconut Sugar Madhava NOVA group 2
  38. 38 Organic Cane Sugar Kirkland · 4.54 kg (10 lb) NOVA group 2
  39. 39 Organic Cane Sugar Trader Joe's · 32 oz NOVA group 2
  40. 40 Organic Coconut Sugar Better Body Foods · 24 oz NOVA group 2

Showing the first 40 of 68. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (31)

  1. 69 Golden syrup Belbake · 750 g NOVA group 4
  2. 70 Fruit Sugar Tate + Lyle · 250g NOVA group 4
  3. 71 Lyle's Golden Syrup Baking Bottle Tate & Lyle NOVA group 4
  4. 72 Trident SpearMint Trident · 26.6g NOVA group 4
  5. 73 Monkfruit Sweetener with Allulose Classic Lakanto · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  6. 74 Maple Flavoured Syrup Chelsea · 530g NOVA group 4
  7. 75 Vanillin socker Garant · 140 g NOVA group 4
  8. 76 Vaniljsocker Dr. Oetker · 100 g NOVA group 4
  9. 77 Brun farin strö Dan Sukker · 500 g NOVA group 4
  10. 78 Pancake Syrup Maple Crest · 330g NOVA group 4
  11. 79 Splenda Stevia Zero Calorie Sweetener Splenda NOVA group 4
  12. 80 Monk Fruit Splenda · 100 mL NOVA group 4
  13. 81 Low Calorie Sweetener Splenda NOVA group 4
  14. 82 Monk Fruit In The Raw In The Raw · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  15. 83 Golden Erythritol & Monk Fruit Whole Earth NOVA group 4
  16. 84 Monk Fruit Sweetener Classic Lakanto NOVA group 4
  17. 85 Granulated Zero Calorie Monk Fruit & Erythritol Sweetener Great Value · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  18. 86 Sweetener natVia · 350 g NOVA group 4
  19. 87 No Calorie Stevia made with Stevia Extract Great Value · 5.64 oz, 160 g NOVA group 4
  20. 88 Half Spoon The Silver Spoon Company · 1kg NOVA group 4
  21. 89 Light brown sugar Asda · 500g NOVA group 4
  22. 90 VANILlIN SOCKER Coop · 140 g NOVA group 4
  23. 91 100% Natural Sweetener with Stevia Natvia+ · 300g NOVA group 4
  24. 92 Tate Lyle Jam Sugar Fairtrade 1kg Tate & Lyle NOVA group 4
  25. 93 Zero Calorie Sweetener Stevia In The Raw · 1 g NOVA group 4
  26. 94 Calorie Free Sweetener Sugar Twin · 32 g NOVA group 4
  27. 95 Low Calorie Granulated Sweetener Tesco · 75g NOVA group 4
  28. 96 Calorie-free sweetener from the stevia leaf NOVA group 4
  29. 97 Maple and Brown Sugar Trader Joe's NOVA group 4
  30. 98 Zero Calorie Sweetener Splenda · 100 NOVA group 4
  31. 99 REFRESHING 7UP TASTE. ZERO SUGAR up ZERO SUGAR FR Pepsi 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.