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Is STARBUCKS CAPPUCCINO Chilled Coffee Bold espresso ultra-processed?

Dairy drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of STARBUCKS CAPPUCCINO Chilled Coffee Bold espresso

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed dairy drinks

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

fat milk 2.9%, Starbucks Arabia coffee (water, coffee), sugar 4.5%, chicory inulin, natural flavourings, fat-reduced cocoa powder 0.1%, potassium carbonate, gellan gum, carrageenan

Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E418 Gellan gum , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

2.9% fat milk (75%), Starbucks Arabia coffee (water, coffee extract) (19.3%), sugar (4.5%), chicory inulin, natural flavourings, fat-reduced cocoa powder (0.1%) acidity regulator (potassium carbonate), stabilisers (gellan gum, carrageenan).

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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

Among 405 dairy drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 241st. 80% of the dairy 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 405 dairy drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5711953149672, last edited 6 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.