Is M&S Food Creamy Coconut Vanilla ultra-processed?

50 g Non-dairy yogurts Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Invert sugar

8 ingredients
No additives

Less processed non-dairy yogurts

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

Coconut Milk 94% (Water, Coconut), Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Invert Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Madagascan Vanilla Extract, Madagascan Vanilla Bean Seeds, Cultures

As written on the pack

Coconut Milk (94%) (Water · Coconut Extract) · Tapioca Starch · Invert Sugar Syrup · Madagascan Vanilla Extract · Madagascan Vanilla Bean Seeds · Cultures.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 non-dairy yogurts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 84% of the non-dairy yogurts 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 91 non-dairy yogurts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29036608, last edited 1 June 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.