Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Spices

10 of the top 10 spices products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The spices with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 548 spices with complete data.

1

Curry poudre

Ducros

NOVA 1

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
2

Ground Turmeric

Kirkland Signature · 340 g

NOVA 1

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
3

Ceylon Zimt aus Madagaskar

DmBio · 50 g

NOVA 1

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
4

Piment d espelette

NOVA 1 243 kcal 20 g sugar 14 g protein 11 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
5

Curry madras

Sainte Lucie · 34 g

NOVA 1 342 kcal 15 g sugar 13 g protein 11 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
6

Le moulin 5 baies

Sainte Lucie · 40 g

NOVA 1 295 kcal 1.3 g sugar 11.7 g protein 5.7 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
7

Saxa Ground Black Pepper

Saxa · 25g

NOVA 1 279 kcal 0.6 g sugar 13.3 g protein 7.5 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
8

Garam Masala

Tesco

NOVA 1 356 kcal 0.5 g sugar 13 g protein 17.2 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
9

Kanel

Santa Maria · 210 g

NOVA 1

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
10

Chili gemahlen

Le Gusto · 40g

NOVA 1

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published spices 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.

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