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Is Nutricia Complan Original ultra-processed?

425 g Flavoured dietary supplements Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nutricia Complan Original

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed dietary supplements

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

skimmed milk 44%, maltodextrin, vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), oil, glucose syrup, magnesium hydrogen phosphate, calcium carbonate, sodium l-ascorbate, flavouring, taurine, lascorbic, ferrous sulphate, zinc sulphate, choline chloride, dl-alpha-tocopherol nicotinamide, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, calcium d-pantother copper sulphate, retinyl palmitate, riboflavin, thiamin hydrochloride manganese sulphate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, pteroylmonoglutamic add phytomenadione, chromium chloride, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, cholecalciferol, d-biotin, cyanocobalamin

Additives: E343 Magnesium phosphates , E343ii Dimagnesium phosphate

As written on the pack

skimmed milk (44%), maltodextrin, vegetable oils (palm, sunflower oil), glucose syrup, magnesium hydrogen phosphate, calcium carbonate, sodium l-ascorbate, flavouring (milk), taurine, lascorbic and ferrous sulphate, zinc sulphate, choline chloride, dl-alpha-tocopherol nicotinamide, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, calcium d-pantother copper sulphate, retinyl palmitate, riboflavin, thiamin hydrochloride manganese sulphate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, pteroylmonoglutamic add phytomenadione, chromium chloride, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, cholecalciferol, d-biotin, cyanocobalamin

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.

  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 flavoured dietary supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the flavoured dietary supplements 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 9 flavoured dietary supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4008976682004, last edited 23 July 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.