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Protein shakes, from least to most processed

We track 157 protein shakes, 97% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Unrefined coconut sugar.

What makes protein shakes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of protein shakes that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Unrefined coconut sugar Macro 1
  2. 2 Iced Coffee Myprotein Caramel Jimmy's 1

Processed food (3)

  1. 3 Protein mint choc milkshake Grounded · 490ml 3
  2. 4 Chocolate m*lkshake Grounded 3
  3. 5 Power Shake - Chocolate Peanut butter BOL · 450g 3

Ultra-processed food (152)

  1. 6 Complete High Protein Complete Meal müller x MYPROTEIN 4
  2. 7 Cocoa & Sea Salt Recovery Shake Tribe 4
  3. 8 Power Shake - Vanilla, Oats & Almond BOL · 450g 4
  4. 9 Vanilla power shake BOL · 410g 4
  5. 10 Propud Milkshake Chocolate No Added Sugar Njie · 1l 4
  6. 11 Plant Protein Shake (Creamy Chocolate) Orgain · 11 fl oz (330 mL) 4
  7. 12 Power Shake Salted Caramel BOL · 410g 4
  8. 13 Protein Smoothie Dutch Chocolate Rokeby · 425 ml 4
  9. 14 dark chocolate high protein milk shake Slate 4
  10. 15 Phd Smart Protein Plant PHD · 500 g 4
  11. 16 Soymilk Silk · 64 fl oz (1.89 L) 4
  12. 17 Vital Proteins Collagen & Protein Shake — Chocolate Vital Proteins · 11 oz 4
  13. 18 food in a bottle Tasty · 500ml 4
  14. 19 Iced Latte Huel Black Edition · 500ml 4
  15. 20 For Goodness Shakes Protein Chocolate For Goodness Shakes 4
  16. 21 258 PROTEIN müller X MYPROTEIN SHAKE CHOCOLATE FLA Muller 4
  17. 22 Protein Chocolate Shake For Goodness Shakes · 250ml 4
  18. 23 Chocolate Almond Protein Smoothie Beverage Trader Joe's · 16 fl oz (1 pt) 473 ml 4
  19. 24 Plant protein (chocolate cookie) PhD Smart protein · 500 g 4
  20. 25 Chocolate Plant Protein Orgain · 20.2 oz 4
  21. 26 MILK 2GO SPORT Chocolate Milk Protein Shake Milk 2go · 325 mL 4
  22. 27 Strawberry Banana Black Edition Huel · 500 ml 4
  23. 28 High Protein Shake Optimum Nutrition · 330 ml 4
  24. 29 classic chocolate high protein milk shake Slate 4
  25. 30 Hue! Black Edition Vanilla Hue! · 500 ml 4
  26. 31 Banana & Almond Butter Protein Smoothie Beverage With Coconut Water & Pea Protein Trader Joe's · 16 fl oz (1 pt) 473 ml 4
  27. 32 Recovery Drink Chocolate Gainomax · 250 ml 4
  28. 33 High Protein 35g cocoa Mevgal · 350 g 4
  29. 34 Protein Milkshake - Vaniljsmak Arla · 500 ml 4
  30. 35 Yalla! Protein Milkshake Choklad Arla · 500 ml 4
  31. 36 Raspberry & Strawberry Flavoured Shake Arla · 20g 4
  32. 37 protein coffee Brüst 4
  33. 38 Coffee Bolthouse Farms 4
  34. 39 High-Protein Milkshake No Added Sugar Ufit · 330ml 4
  35. 40 Ensure High Protein nutrition shake Ensure 4
  36. 41 Recovery For Goodness Shakes · 435ml 4
  37. 42 Chocolate Fudge Milk Protein Shake Orgain 4
  38. 43 Protein Shake Jocko Milk 4
  39. 44 Protein Salted Caramel Shake For Goodness Shakes · 250ml 4
  40. 45 Vanilla Flavoured Shake Arla · 482ml 4

Showing the first 40 of 152. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.