Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Cooking Helpers

10 of the top 10 cooking helpers products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The cooking helpers with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 530 cooking helpers with complete data.

  1. 1 Rossmann Alnatura Flohsamen 250g 3.69€ 1kg 14.76€

    Rossmann Alnatura Flohsamen 250g 3.69€ 1kg 14.76€

    Alnatura · 250 g
    a NOVA 1 141 kcal 0.5 g sugar 16 g protein 7 g fat

    Also: Vegan · Vegetarian · No additives

  2. 2 Chiazaad

    Chiazaad

    AH · 125 g
    a NOVA 1 461 kcal 0.7 g sugar 20 g protein 33 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  3. 3 Pillsbury All purpose Flour 5lb

    Pillsbury All purpose Flour 5lb

    Pillsbury · 5lb
    a NOVA 1 355 kcal 0 g sugar 9.7 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  4. 4 Okara

    Okara

    Soy · 250 g
    a NOVA 1 112 kcal 0.7 g sugar 9.5 g protein 5.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  5. 5 Unsweetened Flake Coconut

    Unsweetened Flake Coconut

    Nature's Promise Organic
    a NOVA 1 70 kcal 1 g sugar 1 g protein 6 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  6. 6 Nutritional Yeast Flakes

    Nutritional Yeast Flakes

    Foods Alive · 170g
    a NOVA 1 400 kcal 0 g sugar 53.3 g protein 6.7 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  7. 7 Chickpea crumbs, plain

    Chickpea crumbs, plain

    Watusee Foods · 196g
    a NOVA 1 400 kcal 5 g sugar 25 g protein 5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  8. 8 Premium rose water syrup

    Premium rose water syrup

    Ziyad
    a NOVA 1 0 kcal 0 g sugar 0 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: No additives

  9. 9 Greek Yogurt Starter Culture

    Greek Yogurt Starter Culture

    Cultures For Health
    a NOVA 1 0 kcal 0 g sugar 0 g protein 0 g fat

    Also: No additives

  10. 10 Cocoa Powder Unsweetened

    Cocoa Powder Unsweetened

    Meijer · 8 oz
    a NOVA 1 410 kcal 0 g sugar 20 g protein 10 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published cooking helpers on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

More cooking helpers rankings

Healthiest Cooking Helpers by Nutri-ScoreHighest-Protein Cooking HelpersLowest-Calorie Cooking HelpersBest Low-Sugar Cooking Helpers All cooking helpers