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Coffee milks, from least to most processed

We track 8 coffee milks, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Coffee cream.

What makes coffee milks ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of coffee milks that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Coffee cream Lucerne · 473 mL 1

Processed food (1)

  1. 2 DoubleShot Espresso Starbucks · 200ml 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 3 Coffee Enhancer Starbucks · 828ml 4
  2. 4 McCafe Frappe Caramel Coffee Bottle, 13.7 fl oz McDonald's · 405 ml 4
  3. 5 Starbucks cafe latte chilled coffee Starbucks · 220 ml 4
  4. 6 Vietnamese Coffee With Milk Highlands coffee · 185ml 4
  5. 7 Unsweetened Almondmilk Creamer Califia Farms · 14.3 g 4
  6. 8 Coffee Whitener Tesco · 460 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.