Is Weetabix on the go Chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Maltodextrin
- Milk proteins
- Modified starch
- Vegetable fiber
- E14xx Modified Starch
- and 2 more
- 20 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed chocolate milks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Skimmed Milk 46%, Water, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Milk Cream, Sugar (processing marker), Modified Starch (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Fibre (ultra-processing marker) 1.5%, Milk Protein (ultra-processing marker) 1.5%, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder 1%, Malted Wheat Flour, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), Gellan (ultra-processing marker), Niacin, Iron, Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Folic acid
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E407 Carrageenan , E418 Gellan gum
As written on the pack
Skimmed Milk (46%), Water, Maltodextrin, Milk Cream, Sugar, Modified Starch, Wheat Fibre (1.5%), Milk Protein (1.5%), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (1.0%), Malted Wheat Flour, Flavourings, Stabilisers (Carrageenan, Gellan), Niacin, Iron, Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Folic acid.
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- 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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
Among 68 chocolate milks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 96% of the chocolate milks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010029217933, last edited 17 March 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.