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Is Avonmore Protein Gold Chocolate ultra-processed?

500 ml Chocolate milks Sold in Ireland

Pack of Avonmore Protein Gold 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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chocolate milks

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

Low Fat MILK 94%, MILK Protein (SOYA Lecithin), Chocolate Powder 1% (Cocoa Mass, Skimmed MILK Powder, Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, SOYA Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Natural Chocolate Flavour, Magnesium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Sucralose, Vitamin D3, Zinc Sulphate

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E343 Magnesium phosphates , E343i Monomagnesium phosphate , E407 Carrageenan , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Low Fat MILK (94%), MILK Protein (Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin)), Chocolate Powder (1%) (Cocoa Mass, Skimmed MILK Powder, Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Natural Chocolate Flavour, Magnesium Phosphate, Stabiliser (Carrageenan), Sweetener (Sucralose), Vitamin D3, Zinc Sulphate.

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.

  • 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 68 chocolate milks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 50th. 96% of the chocolate milks 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 68 chocolate milks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011056023559, last edited 22 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.