Is Carnation Breakfast Essentials Rich Milk Chocolate Nutritional Powder Drink Mix ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 35 ingredients
- 3 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Nonfat dry milk (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cocoa processed with alkali, lactose (ultra-processing marker), vitamins, minerals‡, and less than 2% of soy lecithin, carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), natural and artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), ‡vitamins, minerals (calcium phosphate), magnesium hydroxide, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), ferric phosphate (iron), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide, copper gluconate, zinc oxide, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamine mononitrate, biotin, folic acid, vitamin k1, vitamins, vitamin d3, vitamin b12
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan
As written on the pack
Nonfat dry milk, sugar, maltodextrin, cocoa processed with alkali, lactose, vitamins and minerals‡, and less than 2% of soy lecithin, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor; ‡vitamins & minerals: calcium phosphate, magnesium hydroxide, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), ferric phosphate (iron), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide, copper gluconate, zinc oxide, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamine mononitrate, biotin, folic acid, vitamin k1, vitamin d3, vitamin b12
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.
- 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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
Among 60 dehydrated beverages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 88% of the dehydrated beverages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0050000356034, last edited 28 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.