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Is Marks & Spencer Milkshake british strawberry ultra-processed?

330 mL Flavoured milks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Milkshake british strawberry

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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 89%, sugar, skimmed milk, strawberries 2%, concentrated strawberry purée, flavouring, stabiliser (carrageenan), xanthan gum, colour (beetroot red), concentrated elderberry juice, gelling agent (pectin), acidity regulator (e331)

Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E331 Sodium citrates , E407 Carrageenan , E415 Xanthan gum , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

whole milk (89%), sugar, dried skimmed milk , strawberries (2%), concentrated strawberry purée, flavouring, stabiliser: carrageenan, xanthan gum, colour: beetroot red, concentrated elderberry juice, gelling agent: pectin (from fruit), acidity regulator: e331.

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.

  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 127 flavoured milks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 101st. 94% of the flavoured milks 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 127 flavoured milks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00866484, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.