Is Natura Organic Fortified Soy Beverage - Chocolate 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:

E415 Xanthan gum

20 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

filtered water, soybeans, cane sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), canola oil, cocoa, calcium carbonate, natural falvours, sea salt (processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), vitamin A, palmitate, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin D2, vitamin B12, thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, pantothenate

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

filtered water, whole organic soybeans, organic cane sugar, organic sunflower oil, organic canola oil, organic cocoa, calcium carbonate, natural falvours, sea salt, xanthan gum, vitamin A, palmitate, riboflavin, vitamin D2, vitamin B12, thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, pantothenate

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.

3 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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 100 soy-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 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 0063667301859, last edited 15 September 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.