Is Sown Organic Oat Creamer Unsweetened ultra-processed?

Creamer Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

oatmilk (filtered water, hydrolyzed oats), canola oil, calcium carbonate, potassium citrate, gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), baking soda

Additives: E418 Gellan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

organic oatmilk (filtered water, organic hydrolyzed oats), organic canola oil, calcium carbonate, potassium citrate, gellan gum, baking soda

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

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.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 90% of the creamer 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0782758202270, last edited 3 February 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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).
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