Is Pacific Hemp Milk Original ultra-processed?

32 fl oz Nut-based drinks Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E415 Xanthan gum

8 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed nut-based drinks

Milked Almonds Unsweetened Elmhurst 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Organic Almondmilk Unsweetened Califia Farms 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
almond MALK ORGANIC VANILLA Malk 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
almond MALK organic unsweetened MALK Organics 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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, brown rice syrup, hemp seed, CONTAINS 1% and LESS OF (tricalcium phosphate), disodium phosphate, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), vitamin d2

Additives: E339ii Disodium phosphate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

WATER, BROWN RICE SYRUP, HULLED HEMP SEED, CONTAINS 1% OR LESS OF: TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, VITAMIN D2.

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 124 nut-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 82% of the nut-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 124 nut-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052603066006, last edited 9 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.