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Is Horlicks Original ultra-processed?

Cereals and their products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Horlicks Original

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cereals and their products

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

Wheat 41% (Wheat Flour, NUTRITION INFORM Malted Wheat), Malted Barley 31%, Dried Whey Milki, Calcium Carbonate, Energy klkcal Dried Skimmed Milk, Sugar, Fat lofwhich sauae L, Palm Oil, Salt, Anti-Caking Carbohydrate agent (e550), Vitamin Mix vitamins, vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin E, Fibre Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Protein Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Biotin, vitamins, vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Ferric Pyrophosphate, Zinc Oxide, VitaminEmg Typical values TAIK (of which sugars), Salt Vitamin D pg Thiamin, vitamin Bilg cereals Riboflavin VibB2, ng Vitamin C, mg ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including

Additives: E550 Sodium silicate

As written on the pack

Wheat 41% (Wheat Flour and NUTRITION INFORM Malted Wheat), Malted Barley 31%, Dried Whey Milki, Calcium Carbonate, Energy klkcal Dried Skimmed Milk, Sugar, Fat lofwhich sauae L. Palm Oil, Salt, Anti-Caking Carbohydrate agent (E550), Vitamin Mix Vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin E, Fibre Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Protein Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12). Ferric Pyrophosphate, Zinc Oxide. VitaminEmg Typical values TAIK (of which sugars) Salt Vitamin D pg Thiamin (Vit Bilg cereals Riboflavin VibB2,ng Vitamin C,mg ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 5,066 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2071st. 57% of the cereals and their products 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 5,066 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060113917652, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.