Is Califia Farms Coconut Milk & Coconut Water Blend ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Coconut milk (water, coconut cream), coconut water, calcium carbonate, sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), potassium citrate, locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E418 Gellan gum
As written on the pack
Coconut milk (water, coconut cream), coconut water, calcium carbonate, sunflower lecithin, sea salt, potassium citrate, locust bean gum, gellan gum.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Among 593 plant-based milk alternatives
From least to most processed, this one ranks 439th. 71% of the plant-based milk alternatives here are ultra-processed.
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Coconut Milk
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NOVA group
4
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Caramel Macchiato Inspired Flavor Almondmilk & Oatmilk Creamer
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NOVA group
4
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Oat Milk
Kirkland Signature · 6 x 1 qt
NOVA group
4
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Almond Milk
Marcel’s Modern Pantry
NOVA group
4
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About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0813636020638, last edited 7 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.