Is Alpro My CUPPA ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Emulsifier
- Flavouring
- Vegetable fiber
- E410 Locust bean gum
- E418 Gellan gum
- E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids
- 18 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed soy-based drinks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
soya base, water, hulled soya beans 5.7%, vegetable oils and fats (sunflower, shea (processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), chicory root fibre (ultra-processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker), sucrose esters of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), stabilisers (locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker)), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), naturally lactose free, 25 x, 750 mle
Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E418 Gellan gum , E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids
As written on the pack
soya base (water, hulled soya beans (5,7%)], vegetable oils and fats (sunflower, shea), sugar, chicory root fibre, emulsifier (sucrose esters of fatty acids], sea salt, stabilisers (locust bean gum, gellan gum), flavourings, free from dairy and gluten, naturally lactose free, 25 x 30 ml , 750 mle
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.
- E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
- 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.
- E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
Among 100 soy-based drinks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 80% of the soy-based drinks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5411188133001, last edited 27 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.