Is Tim Hortons French Vanilla Cappuccino ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 4 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugars (processing marker) (sugar, glucose (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker)), milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), Coconut oil (processing marker), Instant coffee, Skim milk powder (processing marker), Tricalcium phosphate, Salt (processing marker), Cocoa, Guar gum (ultra-processing marker), Dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), Natural flavours (ultra-processing marker), Sodium silico aluminate
Additives: E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Sugars (sugar, glucose solids, maltodextrin), Modified milk ingredients, Coconut oil, Instant coffee, Skim milk powder, Tricalcium phosphate, Salt, Cocoa, Guar gum, Dipotassium phosphate, Mono - and diglycerides, Natural flavours, Sodium silico aluminate.
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
4 ingredients 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 550 sweetened beverages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 441st. 94% of the sweetened beverages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063209093709, last edited 2 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.