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Is Kendamil First infant milk ultra-processed?

800g Infant formulas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Kendamil First infant milk

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed infant formulas

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

Whole Milk, Demineralised Whey (from Milk), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Coconut Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Lactose (from Milk), Galacto-oligosaccharides (from Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Whey Protein Concentrate alpha-lactalbumin (from Milk), Calcium Citrate Potassium Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Sodium Citrate, Choline Bitartrate, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Magnesium Chloride, Oil from the microalgae Schizochytrium sp, Sodium Ascorbate, Potassium Hydroxide, Inositol L-Tyrosine, Oil from Mortierella alpina, Taurine, Nucleotides (Cytidine-5-monophosphate, disodium Uridine-5-monophosphate, Adenosine-5-monophosphate, disodium Inosine-5-monophosphate, disodium Guanosine-5' monophosphate), L-Phenylalanine, Iron Pyrophosphate, Zinc Sulphate, vitamins, E Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulphate, Thiamin, Riboflavin, vitamins, A Vitamin B6, Manganese Sulphate, Folic Acid, Potassium iodide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin K vitamins, vitamin D3, Biotin, Vitamin B12

As written on the pack

Whole Milk (107g per 100g), Demineralised Whey Powder (from Milk) Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Coconut, Rapeseed), Lactose (from Milk). Galacto-oligosaccharides (from Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Whey Protein Concentrate alpha-lactalbumin (from Milk), Calcium Citrate Potassium Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Sodium Citrate, Choline Bitartrate, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Magnesium Chloride, Oil from the microalgae Schizochytrium sp. Sodium Ascorbate, Potassium Hydroxide, Inositol L-Tyrosine, Oil from Mortierella alpina, Taurine, Nucleotides (Cytidine-5-monophosphate, disodium Uridine-5-monophosphate, Adenosine-5-monophosphate,disodium Inosine-5-monophosphate, disodium Guanosine-5' monophosphate), L-Phenylalanine, Iron Pyrophosphate, Zinc Sulphate, Vitamin E Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulphate, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin A Vitamin B6, Manganese Sulphate, Folic Acid, Potassium iodide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin K Vitamin D3, Biotin, Vitamin B12

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.

  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • Baby milks Products in the category "Baby milks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 infant formulas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 86% of the infant formulas 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 14 infant formulas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056000505910, last edited 13 July 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.