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Is Coop 4 Yum YUMS ultra-processed?

Doughnuts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop 4 Yum YUMS

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed doughnuts

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

Ingredients Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Palm Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Salt, Cornflour, Emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, Vegetable, mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids-Vegetable, Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate), Potato Starch, Flour Treatment Agents (Ascorbic acid, L-cysteine), Acidity Regulators (Calcium sulphate, Acetic acid), Thickeners (Xanthan gum, Locust bean gum, Guar gum), Preservative (Potassium sorbate), Allergy Advice For ailergens, including cereals containing gluten, Also, Made using ingredients but prepared in an environment that handles ingredients that contain egg

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E516 Calcium sulphate , E920 L-cysteine

As written on the pack

Ingredients Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Salt, Cornflour, Emulsifiers (Mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids - Vegetable, Mono - and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids-Vegetable, Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate), Potato Starch, Flour Treatment Agents (Ascorbic acid, L-cysteine), Acidity Regulators (Calcium sulphate, Acetic acid), Thickeners (Xanthan gum, Locust bean gum, Guar gum), Preservative (Potassium sorbate). Allergy Advice For ailergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain egg. Made using vegan ingredients but prepared in an environment that handles ingredients that contain egg.

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 doughnuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 86% of the doughnuts 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 14 doughnuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000129321197, last edited 18 April 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.