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Is Oatly Unsweetened Oatmilk ultra-processed?

64 fl oz (1/2 gal) (1.89 L) Oat-based drinks Sold in the United States

Pack of Oatly Unsweetened Oatmilk

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
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

Oat base (water, oats), Contains 2% and less of (low erucic acid rapeseed oil), dipotassium phosphate, calcium carbonate, tricalcium phosphate, sea salt, citrus fiber, dicalcium phosphate, riboflavin, vitamin A acetate, vitamins, vitamin D2, vitamin B12

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E341iii Tricalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

Oat base (water, oats). Contains 2% or less of: low erucic acid rapeseed oil, dipotassium phosphate, calcium carbonate, tricalcium phosphate, sea salt, citrus fiber, dicalcium phosphate, riboflavin, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D2, vitamin B12.

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.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 188 oat-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 179th. 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 0190646631512, last edited 16 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.