Is Trader Joe's Coconut & Almond Creamer Vanilla ultra-processed?

Creamer Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E322 Lecithins
E418 Gellan gum

17 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed creamer

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

water, cane rition facts sugar, coconut cream (coconut, water), almond vings per container butter (almonds), contains 2% and less of 1 tbsp, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, sea salt (processing marker), barley malt extract, soy flour, fat 0.5g ated fat og sfat 0g sterol omg n 10mg carbohydrate 3g 1% ry fiber 0g sugars 3g 1.3g added sugars 6% an 0g 1% coconut

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E418 Gellan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

water, cane rition facts sugar, coconut cream (coconut, water), almond vings per container butter (almonds), contains 2% or less of 1 tbsp. (15ml) natural flavors, sunflower lecithin, gellan gum, sodium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, sea salt, barley malt extract, soy flour. r serving es 20 % daily value* contains soy, almond, fat 0.5g ated fat og sfat 0g sterol omg n 10mg carbohydrate 3g 1% ry fiber 0g sugars 3g 1.3g added sugars 6% an 0g 1% coconut.

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.

E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 creamer

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 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.

All 91 creamer, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00627818, last edited 1 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.