Is Orgain Organic green superfoods powder original ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 59 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
super grasses and nutrient blend (amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, millet, chia, wheat grass, barley grass, oat grass), super sprout blend (amaranth sprout, quinoa sprout, millet sprout, buckwheat sprout, garbanzo bean sprout, lentil sprout, adzuki sprout, flax sprout, sunflower sprout, pumpkin sprout, chia sprout, sesame sprout), super veggies, super berries and super foods blend (apple, beet, carrot, spinach, broccoli, tomato, kale, cabbage, parsley, brussels sprout, green bell pepper, cucumber, celery, garlic, ginger root, green onion, cauliflower, asparagus, strawberry, tart cherry, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, cinnamon, cranberry, acai, pineapple, banana, mango, turmeric), acacia gum (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), probiotic (bacillus subtilis), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E414 Acacia gum
As written on the pack
Organic super grasses and nutrient blend (organic amaranth, organic quinoa, organic buckwheat, organic millet, organic chia, organic wheat grass, organic barley grass, organic oat grass), organic super sprout blend (organic amaranth sprout, organic quinoa sprout, organic millet sprout, organic buckwheat sprout, organic garbanzo bean sprout, organic lentil sprout, organic adzuki sprout, organic flax sprout, organic sunflower sprout, organic pumpkin sprout, organic chia sprout, organic sesame sprout), organic super veggies, super berries and super foods blend (organic apple, organic beet, organic carrot, organic spinach, organic broccoli, organic tomato, organic kale, organic cabbage, organic parsley leaf, organic brussels sprout, organic green bell pepper, organic cucumber, organic celery, organic garlic, organic ginger root, organic green onion, organic cauliflower, organic asparagus, organic strawberry, organic tart cherry, organic blackberry, organic blueberry, organic raspberry, organic cinnamon, organic cranberry, organic acai, organic pineapple, organic banana, organic mango, organic turmeric), organic acacia gum, organic natural flavor, probiotic (bacillus subtilis), natural flavor
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851770003957, last edited 26 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.