Is Orgain Plant protein shake ultra-processed?

11 oz Artificially sweetened beverages Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Sweetener
E322 Lecithins
E418 Gellan gum

65 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Filtered water, plant protein blend (pea protein, pumpkin seed protein), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), alkalized cocoa, sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sodium phosphate, monk fruit extract (ultra-processing marker), potassium citrate, stevia extract, sea salt (processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), Orgain 50 superfoods blend, millet, amaranth, apple pulp, kale, quinoa, buckwheat, cinnamon, chia, quinoa sprout, amaranth sprout, millet sprout, garbanzo bean sprout, alfalfa sprout, pumpkin seed sprout, flax sprout, buckwheat sprout, lentil sprout, adzuki sprout, broccoli sprout, sunflower seed sprout, acai, wheatgrass, barley grass, oat grass, pineapple, turmeric, banana, cranberry, mango, beet, broccoli, carrot, spinach, tomato, strawberry, tart cherry, green bell pepper, blackberry, brussels sprout, ginger, garlic, onion, wild blueberry, parsley, raspberry, cauliflower, cabbage, asparagus, celery, cucumber

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

Filtered water, plant protein blend (pea protein, pumpkin seed protein), natural flavors, high oleic sunflower oil, alkalized cocoa, sunflower lecithin, sodium phosphate, monk fruit extract, potassium citrate, stevia extract, sea salt, gellan gum, Orgain organic 50 superfoods blend (millet, amaranth, apple pulp, kale, quinoa, buckwheat, cinnamon, chia, quinoa sprout, amaranth sprout, millet sprout, garbanzo bean sprout, alfalfa sprout, pumpkin seed sprout, flax sprout, buckwheat sprout, lentil sprout, adzuki sprout, broccoli sprout, sunflower seed sprout, acai, wheatgrass, barley grass, oat grass, pineapple, turmeric, banana, cranberry, mango, beet, broccoli, carrot, spinach, tomato, strawberry, tart cherry, green bell pepper, blackberry, brussels sprout, ginger, garlic, onion, wild blueberry, parsley, raspberry, cauliflower, cabbage, asparagus, celery, cucumber.

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.

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.

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 525 artificially sweetened beverages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 150th. 98% of the artificially sweetened 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 525 artificially sweetened beverages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810167392036, last edited 20 March 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.