Is The Groovy Food Company Organic Cooking Spray with Virgin Coconut Oil ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 12 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed virgin coconut oils
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Organic virgin coconut oil
Vita d'Or
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
2
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Tesco Virgin Organic Coconut Oil 300ML
Tesco
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
2
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Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Morrisons
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
2
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Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Holland & Barrett
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
2
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Oil, Virgin Coconut Oil 10%, Water, Alcohol, Natural Coconut Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Sunflower Lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Preservative (Citric Acid), Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Organic Vegetable Oils (Organic Rapeseed Oil, Organic Virgin Coconut Oil (10%) Water, Organic Alcohol, Natural Coconut Flavouring, Emulsifier (Organic Sunflower Lecithin), Preservative (Citric Acid), Thickener (Xanthan Gum).
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
Among 9 virgin coconut oils
From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 11% of the virgin coconut oils here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5038695460194, last edited 20 March 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.