Is Friendly Farms Original CocunutMilk ultra-processed?

1.89 L Plant-based milk alternatives Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E407 Carrageenan
E412 Guar gum
E418 Gellan gum

15 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed plant-based milk alternatives

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

coconutmilk (filtered water, coconut cream), cane sugar (processing marker), calcium carbonate, carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), vitamin a palmitate, vitamins, vitamin d2, vitamin b12, contains (coconut)

Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

coconutmilk (filtered water, coconut cream), cane sugar, calcium carbonate, carrageenan, natural flavors, guar gum, gellan gum, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d2, vitamin b12, contains: coconut,

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.

E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 593 plant-based milk alternatives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 488th. 71% of the plant-based milk alternatives 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 593 plant-based milk alternatives, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100118742, last edited 26 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.