Is Ovaltine Choco Malt ultra-processed?

480 Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Maltodextrin

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Barley and Malt Extract 35%, Milk, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa, Minerals (Calcium), Iron, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Vitamins IC, 83, 86, 82, 0, 812

As written on the pack

Barley and Malt Extract (35%) Milk Solids, Sugar, Cocoa, Minerals Calcium, Iron), Maltodextrin, Vitamins IC, 83, 86, 82, 0, 812) CONTAINS GLUTEN AND MILK.

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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

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

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7612100915066, last edited 24 September 2025), 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.