ready-to-drink complete meal smooth vanilla flavour
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
7
0 we grade moderate or higher
3 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (7)
This label lists 2 sweeteners, 2 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 acidity regulator and 1 emulsifier. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
E407
Carrageenan
Thickener and stabiliser
What it is. A gel forming fibre extracted from red seaweed.
Why it is used. Thickens dairy, plant milks, desserts and some processed meats.
What the evidence says. Food grade carrageenan is permitted. A degraded form called poligeenan is harmful, but that is not what goes into food. Some lab and animal work links carrageenan to gut inflammation, which keeps it under review, but human evidence is limited and mixed.
Permitted, including in organic food in many places, though a few specialist products avoid it as a precaution.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E407
E950
Acesulfame K
Artificial sweetener
What it is. A calorie free intense sweetener, often blended with other sweeteners to round out taste.
Why it is used. Used in diet drinks, dairy and confectionery.
What the evidence says. Long treated as safe by regulators. Some recent research on sweeteners and the gut microbiome is ongoing, but nothing has changed the official safety position.
Permitted with an acceptable daily intake in all three regions.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E950
E955
Sucralose
Artificial sweetener
What it is. An intense sweetener made from sugar, around 600 times sweeter, so it is used in very small amounts.
Why it is used. Sweetens diet drinks, tabletop sweeteners, dairy and baked goods.
What the evidence says. Regulators have treated it as safe for decades and the acceptable daily intake has not changed. Newer laboratory work on a breakdown product, and the general question of sweeteners and the gut microbiome, keep it under discussion, but that work is early and has not moved any official position.
Permitted with an acceptable daily intake in all three regions.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E955
E322
Lecithin
Emulsifier
What it is. A natural emulsifier, usually from soya or sunflower.
Why it is used. Keeps chocolate smooth and stops ingredients separating.
What the evidence says. Safe and widely used. Only relevant if the source, such as soya, is an allergen for you.
Permitted freely. Source allergen must be declared.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E322
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E331 Sodium citrates acidity regulator
- E418 Gellan gum thickener
- E514 No entry in our register
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
semi-skimmed milk, water, milk protein, maltodextrin, vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil) 2,9 %, coconut milk, gluten-free oat fibres, rice starch, ferric diphosphate, zinc sulphate, cupric selenite, chromium (iii) chloride, sodium sulphate, manganese sulphate, sodium maintaining a varied, balanced diet and a fame k, sucralose, stabilisers: gellan gum, carrageenan, lactase, natural flavourÃngs, molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium citrate, vitamin c, vitamin b1, niacin, vitamin b6, folic vitamÃn a, vitamin d, vitamin e, vitamin k, acid, vitamin b12, biotin, pantothenic acid, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, sulphate, manganese sulphate, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium citrate, emulsifier: lecithins: sweeteners: acesulfame k, sucralose: stabilisers: gellan gum, carrageenan, lactase, natural flavorings
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.