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Is Allévo VLCD Shake Banana & Raspberry ultra-processed?

15 x 39 g Weight-loss milkshakes Sold in Sweden and Norway

Pack of Allévo VLCD Shake Banana & Raspberry

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed milkshakes

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Soy protein, maltodextrin, whey powder, vegetable oils (soy, sunflower, linseed), soy lecithin, oat fiber, flavoring, banana 1%, rice fiber, stabilizers (guar gum, xanthan gum), coloring (beetroot red), raspberry 0.5% (raspberries, corn starch), choline bitartrate, potassium, chloride, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, molybdenum, vitamins, vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, vitamins, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamins, vitamin B1, vitamin A, folic acid, vitamin K, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12, sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose)

Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Soy protein, maltodextrin, whey powder (milk), vegetable oils (soy, sunflower, linseed), soy lecithin, oat fiber, flavoring, banana powder 1%, rice fiber, stabilizers (guar gum, xanthan gum), coloring (beetroot red), raspberry powder 0.5% (raspberries, corn starch), choline bitartrate, potassium, chloride, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, molybdenum, vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, vitamin A, folic acid, vitamin K, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12, sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose).

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.

  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 weight-loss milkshakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the weight-loss milkshakes here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 8 weight-loss milkshakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311620012407, last edited 2 April 2026), 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.