Is Lactantia Cooking Cream ultra-processed?

Creams Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
E460 Cellulose

10 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

lait, crème, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), gomme de cellulose, gomme de guar, mono- ET DIGLYCÉRIDES, carraghénine, gomme de caroube, contient (lait)

Additives: E460 Cellulose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E460 Cellulose.

As written on the pack

LAIT, CRÈME, DEXTROSE, GOMME DE CELLULOSE, GOMME DE GUAR, MONO ET DIGLYCÉRIDES, CARRAGHÉNINE, GOMME DE CAROUBE. CONTIENT: LAIT.

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.

E460 Cellulose 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.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 175 creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 128th. 55% of the 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 175 creams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0068200202662, last edited 1 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.