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Is Costa Coffee costa Smooth Medium Roast ultra-processed?

Instant coffees Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Costa Coffee costa Smooth Medium Roast

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 2 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Instant Coffee 90%, Ground Coffee 10%

As written on the pack

Instant Coffee (90%), Roasted and Ground Coffee (10%}

Among 86 instant coffees

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 29% of the instant coffees 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 86 instant coffees, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5039303005004, last edited 14 August 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.