Is Brooklea Salted Caramel Flavour Protein Mousse ultra-processed?

200 g Sweet mousses Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Milk proteins
Sweetener
Thickener
Modified starch
and 9 more

18 ingredients
9 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed desserts

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

Skimmed Milk, milk protein (ultra-processing marker) 7%, Whipping Cream, Beef Gelatine (ultra-processing marker), Modified Starch (ultra-processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (Carrageenan (ultra-processing marker)), Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Colours (ultra-processing marker) (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel (ultra-processing marker)), Carotenes (ultra-processing marker), Lactase, Sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (Acesulfame K (ultra-processing marker)), Sucralose (ultra-processing marker), Whipped with nitrogen

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E160a Carotene , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E428 Gelatine , E941 Nitrogen , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E941 Nitrogen.

As written on the pack

Skimmed Milk, MILK PROTEIN (7%), Whipping Cream (Milk), Beef Gelatine, Modified Starch, Flavouring, Salt, Thickeners: Carrageenan, Guar Gum; Colours: Sulphite Ammonia Caramel, Carotenes; Lactase, Sweeteners: Acesulfame K, Sucralose. Whipped with nitrogen

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.
E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.

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E941 Nitrogen Propellants are gases other than air which expel a foodstuff from a container.
E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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.
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.
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.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 sweet mousses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 100% of the sweet mousses 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 20 sweet mousses, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600559759, last edited 13 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.