Is Kirkland Signature Organic Fortified Soy Beverage Original ultra-processed?

946 ml Soy-based drinks Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E415 Xanthan gum

21 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed soy-based drinks

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

soy base (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar (processing marker), canola oil, Sea salt (processing marker), Xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), Vitamins, minerals (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, niacinamide, vitamine A palmitate, cyanocobalamin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin D2, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Organic soy base (filtered water, organic soybeans), Organic cane sugar, Organic canola oil, Sea salt, Xanthan gum, Organic natural flavour, Vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, niacinamide, vitamine A palmitate, cyanocobalamin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin D2, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride).

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.

E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 100 soy-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 56th. 80% of the soy-based drinks 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 100 soy-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619673247, last edited 12 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.