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Is Plenish Enriched Oat Drink ultra-processed?

Milk substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Plenish Enriched Oat Drink

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed milk substitutes

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, Oats 9%, Calcium (Calcium Carbonate), Chicory Root Fibre, Citrus Fibre, Salt, vitamins, vitamin D, Riboflavin, vitamin B12, iodine (Potassium Iodide)

As written on the pack

Water, Gluten Free Oats (9%), Calcium (Calcium Carbonate), Chicory Root Fibre, Citrus Fibre, Salt, Vitamins (D, Riboflavin, B12), iodine (Potassium Iodide).

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.

  • 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 737 milk substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 227th. 73% of the milk substitutes 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 737 milk substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060362074250, last edited 24 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.