Is Chobani Oat 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
- 1 additive
Less processed milk substitutes
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Oat blend (water, oats), contains 2% and less of (rapeseed oil), sea salt (processing marker), vitamin D (yeast extract), calcium carbonate, gellan gum (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E418 Gellan gum
As written on the pack
Oat blend (water, whole grain oats), contains 2% or less of: rapeseed oil, sea salt, vitamin D (yeast extract), calcium carbonate, 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.
- 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 737 milk substitutes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 273rd. 73% of the milk substitutes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0818290019554, last edited 31 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.