Coconut Milk Light

Name: Coconut Milk Light
Brand: Freshona

Freshona

4056489528012

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

2 of them not yet assessed here

Saturates per 100ml

5.30g

High

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

Additives (4)

This label lists 3 thickeners and gelling agents and 1 emulsifier.

E466 Carboxymethyl cellulose
Thickener and stabiliser Low limited evidence

What it is. A modified plant fibre used to thicken and stabilise.

Why it is used. Common in ice cream, low fat products, gluten free bakery and sauces.

What the evidence says. Falls in the same emulsifier and gut research bucket as polysorbate 80, with early human work hinting at effects on the microbiome. Interesting, not conclusive.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted with limits.

Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E466

E415 Xanthan gum
Thickener and stabiliser No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A fibre made by fermenting sugars with a bacterium, which thickens liquids at very low doses.

Why it is used. Thickens sauces and dressings and gives structure to gluten free baking.

What the evidence says. Passes through largely undigested and is treated as safe by regulators, with no numerical intake limit. Very large amounts act as fibre does, which is a digestive effect rather than a safety one.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E415

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E412 Guar gum thickener
E435 Polysorbate 60 emulsifier

Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.

Ingredients

Water, 30% Coconut Extract, Stabilisers: Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose, Xanthan gum, Guar Gum, Emulsifier: Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monostearate

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100ml

Fat

Medium

Saturates

5.30g

High

Sugars

0.60g

Low

Salt

0.02g

Low

Judged on the UK FSA thresholds for drinks, which are stricter than the ones for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Other packs of this product

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Coconut milk (light)
4056489756002 no processing data

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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