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Is Alpro Chocolate ultra-processed?

4 x 125 g Soy-based drinks Sold in New Zealand, Belgium and 3 more countries

Pack of Alpro Chocolate

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed soy-based drinks

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

water, sugar, soybeans 6.1%, modified corn stalk, carrageenan, lean cocoa, kao 2%, chocolate 1%, calcium carbonate, sàurereguiator (monopotassium phosphate), flavor, sea salt, vitamins (ribofla, vin, b12, d2), gluten, wheat, cow's milk protein free

Additives: E132 Indigotine , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340i Monopotassium phosphate , E407 Carrageenan

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E132 Indigotine.

As written on the pack

water, sugar, sliced soybeans (6,1%), thickener (modified corn stalk, carrageenan), lean cocoa - kao (2%), chocolate (1%), calcium carbonate, sàurereguiator (monopotassium phosphate), flavor, sea salt, vitamins (ribofla - vin (132), b12, d2), gluten, wheat and cow's milk protein free,

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.

  • E132 Indigotine 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 100 soy-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 92nd. 80% of the soy-based drinks 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 100 soy-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 54051157, last edited 23 June 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.