Is Starbucks cafe latte chilled coffee ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 4 additives
Less processed coffee milks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
fat milk 3.1%, starbucks arabica coffee (water, coffee), sugar (processing marker) 4.2%, chico inulin, potassium carbonate, gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), committed to 100% ethical coffee sourcing in partnership with conservation international
Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E418 Gellan gum , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate
As written on the pack
3,1% fat milk (75%), starbucks arabica coffee (water, coffee extract) (19,8%), sugar (4,2%), chico inulin, acidity regulator (potassium carbonate), stabilisers (gellan gum, carrageenan), for allergens, see ingredients in bold, committed to 100% ethical coffee sourcing in partnership with conservation international,
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- 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.
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.
Among 8 coffee milks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 75% of the coffee milks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5711953145957, last edited 20 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.