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Is Cadbury Creamy Chocolate Caramel Flavour Milkshake ultra-processed?

Milkshakes Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Cadbury Creamy Chocolate Caramel Flavour Milkshake

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed milkshakes

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

Whole milk 47%, semi-skimmed milk 39%, milk chocolate (5, milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats (palm, shea), emulsifier (e442)), caramel 3% (glucose-fructose Syrup water, sugar, sweetened condensed milk), sugar syrup, but milk powder, cocoa powder, maize starch, stabilisers se, cellulose gum, Brenant, flavouring, salt

Additives: E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Whole milk (47%), semi-skimmed milk (39%), milk chocolate powder (5)(milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats (palm, shea), emulsifier (E442)), caramel (3%) (glucose-fructose Syrup water, sugar, sweetened condensed milk), sugar syrup, but milk powder, cocoa powder, maize starch, stabilisers se, cellulose gum, Brenant, flavouring, 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.

  • E442 Ammonium phosphatides 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.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • 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.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 milkshakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 92% of the milkshakes 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 39 milkshakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4025500283926, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.