Is Cadbury Creamy Chocolate Milkshake 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
- Modified starch
- E407 Carrageenan
- E442 Ammonium phosphatides
- E460 Cellulose
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- 22 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolate milks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Whole milk 47%, semi-skimmed milk 39%, sugar syrup, milk chocolate 5% (milk, sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter (processing marker), vegetable fats (processing marker) (palm, shea), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (e442 (ultra-processing marker))), cocoa powder, buttermilk powder, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), stabilisers (cellulose (ultra-processing marker), cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker)
Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E460 Cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
Whole milk (47%), semi-skimmed milk (39%), sugar syrup, milk chocolate powder (5%) (milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats (palm, shea), emulsifier (E442)), cocoa powder, buttermilk powder, modified maize starch, stabilisers (cellulose, cellulose gum, carrageenan), 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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
Among 68 chocolate milks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 96% of the chocolate milks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4025500267346, 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.