Is Kenco Salted Caramel Latte ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 14 ingredients
- 5 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker) 17%, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), palm kernel oil, instant coffee 5.6%, salt (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), modified starch (ultra-processing marker), e551 (ultra-processing marker), milk proteins (ultra-processing marker), e340, e415 (ultra-processing marker), e481 (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E340 Potassium phosphates , E415 Xanthan gum , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E551 Silicon dioxide
As written on the pack
Sugar, glucose syrup, skimmed milk powder (17%), maltodextrin, palm kernel oil, instant coffee (5.6%), salt, flavourings (contains milk), modified starch, anticaking agent (E551), milk proteins, stabilizer (E340), thickener (E415), emulsifier (E481).
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.
- 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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate 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.
- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.
- 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.
Among 197 instant beverages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 185th. 57% of the instant beverages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711000493434, last edited 6 August 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.