Is Califia Farms Oat Milk ultra-processed?

1 l Oat-based drinks Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E170 Calcium carbonates

9 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed oat-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

oat base (water, oats 10%), rapeseed oil, acidity regulator (dipotassium phosphate), calcium carbonate (ultra-processing marker), tricalcium phosphate, sea salt (processing marker)

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341iii Tricalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

OAT BASE (WATER, OATS (10%)), RAPESEED OIL, ACIDITY REGULATOR (DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE), CALCIUM CARBONATE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SEA 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.

E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 oat-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 123rd. 62% of the oat-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 188 oat-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0813636021932, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.