Is Grace, coconut milk ultra-processed?

Coconut milks and creams 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:

Emulsifier
Thickener
E412 Guar gum
E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate

8 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed coconut milks and creams

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, water, sodium metabisulfite (as a preservative (processing marker)), polysorbate 60 (ultra-processing marker) (emulsifier (ultra-processing marker)), guar gum (ultra-processing marker) (thickener (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E412 Guar gum , E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate

As written on the pack

Coconut milk, water, sodium metabisulfite (as a preservative), polysorbate 60 (emulsifier), guar gum (thickener).

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate 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.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 119 coconut milks and creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 67% of the coconut milks and creams 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 119 coconut milks and creams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055270851326, last edited 20 July 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.
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.