Chocolate milk
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
5
0 we grade moderate or higher
4 of them not yet assessed here
Sugars per 100ml
7g
Medium
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 (5)
This label lists 3 thickeners and gelling agents and 2 acidity regulators.
E466
Carboxymethyl cellulose
Thickener and stabiliser
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.
Permitted with limits.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E466
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E331 Sodium citrates acidity regulator
- E340 Potassium phosphates acidity regulator
- E418 Gellan gum thickener
- E460 Cellulose thickener
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, sugar, cashew nut 3.2%, cocoa powder' 1.7%, cocoa butter' 0.7%, pea protein 0.3%, fructose, salt, flavour, calcium carbonate, acidity regulator: dipotassium phosphate, sodium citrate; stabiliser: cellulose, cellulose gum, gellan gum. May contain traces of soybean, hazelnut, walnut and almond.
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.