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Is Danimals Smoothie ultra-processed?

Smoothies Sold in the United States

Pack of Danimals Smoothie

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed smoothies

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

cultured grade a low fat milk, water, cane sugar, modified food starch, contains less than 1% of milk minerals, fruit, vegetable juice (for color), natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3, ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus bulgaricus, cultured grade a low fat milk, water, cane sugar, modified food starch, contains less than 1% of milk minerals, natural flavors, fruit, vegetable juice (for color), lemon juice concentrate, vitamin d3, ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES streptococcus thermophilus, lactobacillus bulgaricus

As written on the pack

CULTURED GRADE A LOW FAT MILK, WATER, CANE SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF MILK MINERALS, FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICE (FOR COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, VITAMIN D3, ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES S. THERMOPHILUS & L. BULGARICUS., CULTURED GRADE A LOW FAT MILK, WATER, CANE SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF MILK MINERALS, NATURAL FLAVORS, FRUIT & VEGETABLE JUICE (FOR COLOR), LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, VITAMIN D3, ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES S. THERMOPHILUS & L. BULGARICUS.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 109 smoothies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 37% of the smoothies 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 109 smoothies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0036632010391, last edited 18 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.