Is Laila covonut milk ultra-processed?

Milk substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Coconut 28%, Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Polysorbate 60 (ultra-processing marker), Citric Acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate

As written on the pack

Water, Coconut Extract (28%), Stabiliser (Guar Gum), Emulsifier (Polysorbate 60), Antioxidant (Citric Acid).

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.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 417th. 73% of the milk substitutes 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5020580001735, last edited 10 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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 C (from A, best, to E).
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