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Is Starbucks Mocha ultra-processed?

250 ml Coffee drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Starbucks Mocha

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed coffee 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

Semi skimmed milk 75%, Starbucks Arabica coffee water, coffee 20%, sugar 4.7%, fat-reduced cocoa powder 10.2%, acidity regulator (potassium carbonate), natural coffee flavouring, natural flavouring

Additives: E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

Semi skimmed milk (75%), Starbucks Arabica coffee water, coffee extract) (20%), sugar (4.7%), fat-reduced cocoa powder 10.2%), acidity regulator (potassium carbonate), natural coffee flavouring, natural flavouring.

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.

  • 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 97 coffee drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 72% of the coffee 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 97 coffee drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5711953145339, last edited 10 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.