Is Yazoo Chocolate Milk Drink ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 8 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed chocolate milks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
semi skimmed milk, skimmed milk, sugar (processing marker), fat reduced cocoa powder 1%, cellulose (ultra-processing marker), cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E460 Cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
semi skimmed milk , skimmed milk , sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder 1%, stabilisers (cellulose, cellulose gum, carrageenan), 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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- 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.
Among 68 chocolate milks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 96% of the chocolate milks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5410438036482, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.