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Is Bai Molokai Coconut ultra-processed?

18 fl oz Coconut waters Sold in the United States

Pack of Bai Molokai Coconut

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed coconut waters

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

ingledients (filtered water), coconut water, potassium citrate, citric acid, acacia gum, stevia leaf extract, natural flavors, sea salt, tea extract, green coffee bean extract, malic acid, coffee fruit extract, monk fruit extract, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), zinc sulfate, contains (coconut), distributed dvdalrandslic 6425 hall of fame

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

ingledients: filtered water, coconut water concentrate, potassium citrate, citric acid, acacia gum, stevia leaf extract, natural flavors, sea salt, tea extract, green coffee bean extract, malic acid, coffee fruit extract, monk fruit extract (natural flavor), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e) zinc sulfate, contains: coconut, distributed dvdalrandslic 6425 hall of fame

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 coconut waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 18% of the coconut waters here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 44 coconut waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0813694026719, last edited 11 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.