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Is Anew VLCD Vanilla Smoothie ultra-processed?

7 x 60g Weight-loss milkshakes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Anew VLCD Vanilla Smoothie

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 4 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, skim milk powder, milk protein, soy lethicin, vegetable oils (soybean, sunflower, linseed), polydextrose, maltodextrin, modified starch, minerals (potassium, chloride, sodium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, molybdenum), vitamins, vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, vitamin B6, thiamin, vitamin A, folic acid, vitamin K, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12, flavour, thickener (xanthan gum), sweetener (sucralose)

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E14XX Modified Starch , E415 Xanthan gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Soy protein, skim milk powder, milk protein, soy lethicin, vegetable oils (soybean, sunflower, linseed), polydextrose, maltodextrin, modified starch, minerals (potassium, chloride, sodium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, molybdenum) and vitamins (vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, vitamin B6, thiamin, vitamin A, folic acid, vitamin K, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12), flavour, thickener xanthan gum, sweetener 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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 weight-loss milkshakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 7350149230053, 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.