Is Arla PROTEIN Chocolate Flavour Shake ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 4 additives
Less processed milkshakes
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
milk 94%, milk protein (ultra-processing marker) 2.3%, sugar (processing marker) 1.9%, cocoa powder, gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), trisodium citrate, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), lactase enzyme
Additives: E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E407 Carrageenan , E418 Gellan gum
As written on the pack
milk (94%), milk protein (2.3%), sugar (1.9%), cocoa powder, stabilisers (gellan gum, carrageenan, trisodium citrate), natural flavouring, lactase enzyme,
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 39 milkshakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 92% of the milkshakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5711953068881, last edited 14 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
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