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Is Aldi/Actileaf Coconut Milk ultra-processed?

Coconut-based drinks Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Aldi/Actileaf Coconut Milk

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed coconut-based drinks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, coconut milk 5% (Coconut Cream, Water), rice flour 3.5%, Calcium Citrates, Natural Coconut Flavouring, Sea Salt, Gellan Gum, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D2, flavourings, preservatives

Additives: E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

Water, COCONUT MILK (5%) (Coconut Cream, Water), RICE FLOUR (3.5%), Calcium Citrates, Natural Coconut Flavouring, Sea Salt, Stabiliser: Gellan Gum; Vitamin B12, Vitamin D2. ALLERGY ADVICE: May contain nuts, peanuts, wheat, oat, barley, rye and soya. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegans. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives.

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.

  • E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 coconut-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 74% of the coconut-based drinks here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 23 coconut-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459329001, last edited 13 August 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.