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Broccoli
is broccoli.
We don't rank fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, plain milk, or eggs. They're ingredients, not products. There's nothing to compare: no additives, no NOVA-4 outliers, no dough conditioner.
Every item on this list scores 100. Buy whichever looks good.
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Used as an ingredient
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Many packaged products list dates as an ingredient — some keep it whole, others process it past recognition. We'll show you which.
Eat it raw, eat it whole
Cook lightly
Steam or roast briefly. Heavy processing strips nutrients faster than light cooking.
Pair with a clean dip
Sliced and raw works for most fresh produce — try with a NOVA-3 or better dip from our hummus ranking.
Skip the pre-prep aisle
Pre-cut, pre-washed, pre-flavoured versions usually pick up additives and preservatives. Whole is fastest in the long run.
On UK shelves · indicative selection
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Finest Tunisian Dates
200 g
Natural dates
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Organic Dried Dates
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Persian dates
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Sofra
600 g
Cacao and Orange Protein Balls
Alesto · 45 g
Dates
Asda · 500g
Sukkary rutab - fresh dates
Aytac · 500 g
Soft Pitted Dates
Coop · 250 g
Soft Dates
Crazy Jack
Perfectly Ripe Fresh Medjool Dates
Marks & Spencer · 250 g
Organic Dates
Marks & Spencers
Sticky Deri Dates
Morrisons · 200 g
USA pitted medjool dates
Natures candy
Dates
Ocado
Madjool Datss
Specially Selected (Aldi) · 500g
Apple & Cinnamon High Fibre Fruit & Nut Bar
The Gut Stuff · 35g
Natural mejhoul dates
Themar al alia
Soft dates
Waitrose
Dates
Whitworths
Deglet Dates
Whitworths
SAGAI dates
sagai · 250g
Frozen, canned, or pre-prepped versions do get scored — that's where additives sneak in.
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