Is ARCTIC COFFEE carmel latte ultra-processed?

1l Coffee drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E460 Cellulose
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

12 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed coffee drinks

Decaff Gold Roast Coffee Alcafe 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Jimmy’s Iced Coffee High Protein Jimmy's 7 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 1
Instant coffee Espresso Gold Blend Nescafé 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Colombian freeze dried instant coffee Deluxe 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Fat MILK 1%, coffee (water, coffee powder), sugar (processing marker), stabilisers (cellulose (ultra-processing marker), cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker)), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), acidity regulator (sodium phosphates)

Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates , E460 Cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

1% Fat MILK (76%), coffee (water, coffee powder*) (20%), sugar, stabilisers (cellulose, cellulose gum), natural flavourings, caramelised sugar powder, acidity regulator: sodium phosphates.

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.

E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 97 coffee drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 72% of the coffee 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 97 coffee drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000316000799, last edited 14 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.