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Is Drink me Chai Dirty Chai Latte ultra-processed?

1pcs Hot beverages Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed hot beverages

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

Sugar, Skimmed MILK Powder (1996), Coconut O Glucose Syrup, Coffee 7% (Instant Coffee 6.7%, Roast and G ya mstantaneo, Maltodextrin, Caramelised Sugar, Instant Black Tea (29), Ca afe Spices, Modified Starch (e1450), Thickener (e466), MILK Profe (e4510), Natural Flavouring, 294)

Additives: E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate , E14XX Modified Starch , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Sugar, Skimmed MILK Powder (1996), Coconut O Glucose Syrup, Coffee (7%) (Instant Coffee (6.7%), Roast and G ya mstantaneo. Maltodextrin, Caramelised Sugar, Instant Black Tea (29) Ca afe Spices, Modified Starch (E1450), Thickener (E466), MILK Profe (E4510), Natural Flavouring. 294) ALLERGEN ADVICE: see ingredients in BOLD

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.

  • E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate 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.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 252 hot beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 251st. 44% of the hot beverages 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 252 hot beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060072971535, last edited 26 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.