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Is Anew VLCD Vegetable Soup ultra-processed?

7 x 60g Weight-loss milkshakes Sold in Sweden

Pack of Anew VLCD Vegetable Soup

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:

  • 45 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), flavour, polydextrose, onion, minerals (potassium, chloride, 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, carrot, potato flakes, leek, dried glucose syrup, salt, thickener (xanthan gum), colour (beta-carotene)

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Soy protein, skim milk powder, milk protein, soy lethicin, vegetable oils (soybean, sunflower, linseed), flavour (contains milk, celery), polydextrose, onion powder, minerals (potassium, chloride, 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), carrot, potato flakes, leek, dried glucose syrup, salt, thickener xanthan gum, colour beta-carotene

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 4th. 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 7350149230022, 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.