Is Natura Boisson aux Amandes ultra-processed?

946ml Almond-based drinks Sold in Canada, France and Lebanon

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E101 Riboflavin
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum
E418 Gellan gum

32 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed almond-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

filtered water, almonds, cane sugar (processing marker), calcium carbonate, sea salt (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), natural flavours (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), zinc sulfate, riboflavin (ultra-processing marker), vitamins, vitamin d2, vitamin b12, vitamin a palmitate, ingrédients (eau filtrée), amandes, sucre de canne, carbonate de calcium, sel de mer, huile de tournesol, saveurs naturelles, gomme xanthane, gomme de guar, gomme gelanne, sulfate de zinc, riboflavine (ultra-processing marker), vitamine d2, vitamine b12, palmitate de vitamine a

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

filtered water, almonds, cane sugar, calcium carbonate, sea salt, sunflower oil, natural flavours, xanthan gum, guar gum, gellan gum, zinc sulfate, riboflavin, vitamin d2, vitamin b12, vitamin a palmitate. ingrédients: eau filtrée, amandes, sucre de canne, carbonate de calcium, sel de mer, huile de tournesol, saveurs naturelles, gomme xanthane, gomme de guar, gomme gelanne, sulfate de zinc, riboflavine, vitamine d2, vitamine b12, palmitate de vitamine a.

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.

E101 Riboflavin 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.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 116 almond-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 105th. 85% of the almond-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 116 almond-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063667090012, last edited 16 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.