Is Whole super milk ultra-processed?

4 x 250 ml Whole milks Sold in Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Lactose
E327 Calcium lactate

9 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed whole milks

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

Whole Milk, Calcium Lactate (ultra-processing marker), Vitamin E, Vitamin D3, Lactose (ultra-processing marker), vitamins, vitamin B2, Riboflavin, Folic Acid

Additives: E327 Calcium lactate

As written on the pack

Whole Milk, Calcium Lactate, Vitamin E, Vitamin D3, Lactose (Milk), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), 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.

E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 82 whole milks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 81st. 5% of the whole milks 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 82 whole milks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011056021760, last edited 2 April 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.