Is Australia's Own Barista Almond ultra-processed?

1L Almond-based drinks Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Maltodextrin
E322 Lecithins
E410 Locust bean gum
E415 Xanthan gum
E418 Gellan gum

20 ingredients
9 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed almond-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, almonds, sugar (processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker) (canola, sunflower), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker) (from corn), acidity regulators (potassium citrate, dipotassium phosphate), vegetable gums (gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker)), minerals (calcium carbonate), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

Australian water, Australian almonds, sugar, vegetable oil (canola or sunflower), maltodextrin (from corn), acidity regulators (potassium citrate, dipotassium phosphate), vegetable gums (gellan gum, xanthan gum, locust bean gum), minerals (calcium carbonate), emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), salt.

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.

E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 116 almond-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 116th. 85% of the almond-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 116 almond-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9315090209617, last edited 17 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.