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Is Orgain organic nutrition plant protein shake vanilla bean flavored ultra-processed?

330ml Plant-based beverages Sold in the United States

Pack of Orgain organic nutrition plant protein shake vanilla bean flavored

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed plant-based beverages

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, orgain protein blendtm (pea protein, chia seeds), rice dextrin, cane sugar, natural flavors, high oleic sunflower oil, sunflower lecithin, inulin, tripotassium citrate tricalcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, orgain vitamin&mineral blend™m (sodium ascorbate, zinc gluconate, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate manganese sulfate, niacinamide, beta carotene, potassium iodide calcium-d-pantothenate, biotin, chromium chloride, copper gluconate, ergocalciferol, sodium molybdate, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine, sodium selenate, methylcobalamin), sodium bicarbonate, gellan gum, ORGAIN FRUIT and VEGETABLE BLENDTM (apple fiber, acai, beet, kale, raspberry, spinach, tomato, banana, blueberry, carrot), sea salt, monk fruit extract

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E418 Gellan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1400 Dextrin.

As written on the pack

FILTERED WATER, ORGAIN ORGANIC PROTEIN BLENDTM (ORGANIC PEA PROTEIN, ORGANIC CHIA SEEDS), ORGANIC RICE DEXTRIN, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, ORGANIC INULIN, TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, ORGAIN VITAMIN&MINERAL BLEND™M (SODIUM ASCORBATE, ZINC GLUCONATE, D-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE MANGANESE SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, BETA CAROTENE, POTASSIUM IODIDE CALCIUM-D-PANTOTHENATE, BIOTIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, COPPER GLUCONATE, ERGOCALCIFEROL, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE, SODIUM SELENATE, METHYLCOBALAMIN), SODIUM BICARBONATE, GELLAN GUM, ORGAIN ORGANIC FRUIT & VEGETABLE BLENDTM (ORGANIC APPLE FIBER, ORGANIC ACAI, ORGANIC BEET, ORGANIC KALE, ORGANIC RASPBERRY, ORGANIC SPINACH, ORGANIC TOMATO, ORGANIC BANANA, ORGANIC BLUEBERRY, ORGANIC CARROT), SEA SALT, ORGANIC MONK FRUIT EXTRACT.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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 1,803 plant-based beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1720th. 55% of the plant-based beverages 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 1,803 plant-based beverages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851770003209, last edited 6 November 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.