Is M&S Food Whole Oat Plant Based Vegan Drink ultra-processed?

1 litre Oat-based drinks 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:

E418 Gellan gum

8 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed oat-based drinks

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

water oats 10%, rapeseed oil calcium carbonate sea salt stabiliser (e418 lodine vitamins), vitamin b12, vitamin d, ● for allergens see ingredients in bold, not suitable for those with a wheat allergy and coeliacs, prepared to a recipe not suitable for those with a milk allergy because this allergen is present in the environment

Additives: E418 Gellan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E418 Gellan gum.

As written on the pack

water oats (10%) rapeseed oil calcium carbonate sea salt stabiliser: e418 lodine vitamin b12 - vitamin d, , suitable for vegans ● for allergens see ingredients in bold, not suitable for those with a wheat allergy and coeliacs, prepared to a vegan recipe not suitable for those with a milk allergy because this allergen is present in the environment,

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.

E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 oat-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 86th. 62% of the oat-based drinks 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 188 oat-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29229109, last edited 27 March 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.