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Is Farmer's Fridge Chocolate Chia Pudding ultra-processed?

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Pack of Farmer's Fridge Chocolate Chia Pudding

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed puddings

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

Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water, Guar Gum), Water, Strawberries, Chocolate (Cane Sugar, Water, Invert Cane Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Chocolate, Vanilla Extract, Salt, Soy Lecithin), Chia Seeds, Cacao Nibs, Blue Agave Nectar, Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Bean Extractives in Water, and Alcohol)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water, Guar Gum), Water, Strawberries, Chocolate Syrup (Cane Sugar, Water, Invert Cane Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Unsweetened Chocolate, Vanilla Extract, Salt, Soy Lecithin), Chia Seeds, Cacao Nibs, Organic Blue Agave Nectar, Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Bean Extractives in Water, and Alcohol), Salt CONTAINS: Soy

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 95 puddings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 92% of the puddings 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 95 puddings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810128370387, last edited 24 October 2025), 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.