Is Clif Builders Protein Vanilla Almond ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Soy protein isolate, cane syrup, brown rice syrup, cane sugar (processing marker), palm kernel oil, vegetable glycerin (ultra-processing marker), soy flour, rice flour, almond butter, chicory fiber (ultra-processing marker), cocoa butterã¢â€â¡, soybeans, high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), almonds, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), mixed tocopherols (antioxidant)
Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Soy protein isolate, cane syrup*, brown rice syrup*, cane sugar*, palm kernel oil, vegetable glycerin, soy flour*, rice flour*, almond butter, chicory fiber syrup, cocoa butterã¢â€â¡, roasted soybeans*, high oleic sunflower oil*, rice starch, almonds*, natural flavors, soy lecithin, sea salt, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant).
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- 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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252168597, last edited 26 October 2025), 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.