Is Yoohoo Chocolate 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:
- Flavouring
- E322 Lecithins
- E412 Guar gum
- E415 Xanthan gum
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E955 Sucralose
- 30 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, gh fructose corn syrup, wyrom milk, contains le than 2% of cocoa (alkali process), nonfat dry milk (processing marker), natural and artificial flavors (ultra-processing marker), sodium caseinate (from milk), corn syrup solids calcium phosphate, dipo, tassium phosphate, palm oil, guar gum (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), spice, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), niacinamide (vitamin b3), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), vitamin a palmi, tate, riboflavin, distributed under authority of mott's llp, 5301 legacy drive, plano, tx 75024, 02014 mott's llp
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
water, gh fructose corn syrup, wyrom milk), contains le than 2% of cocoa (alkali process). nonfat dry milk, natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate (from milk), corn syrup solids calcium phosphate, dipo - tassium phosphate, palm oil, guar gum, xanthan gum, mono and diglycerides, salt, spice, soy lecithin, niacinamide (vitamin b3), sucralose, vitamin a palmi - tate, riboflavin (vitamin b2), vitamin d3 contains: milk, soy. distributed under authority of mott's llp, 5301 legacy drive, plano, tx 75024. 02014 mott's llp
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
2 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072350000207, last edited 7 August 2025), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.