Is Orgain Protein Shakes ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Milk proteins
- Sweetener
- E322 Lecithins
- E418 Gellan gum
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
- 17 ingredients
- 5 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
filtered water, dairy protein blend (milk protein isolate (ultra-processing marker), milk protein concentrate (ultra-processing marker)), contains less than 2% alkalized cocoa, high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), monk fruit extract (ultra-processing marker), reb m (stevia extract), sodium citrate, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), cellulose gel, cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), calcium chloride, gellan gum (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E331 Sodium citrates , E418 Gellan gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
FILTERED WATER, DAIRY PROTEIN BLEND (MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ORGANIC ALKALIZED COCOA, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, SEA SALT, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT, REB M (STEVIA EXTRACT), SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, GELLAN GUM. CONTAINS: MILK
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.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
Among 854 bodybuilding supplements
From least to most processed, this one ranks 509th. 92% of the bodybuilding supplements here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851770008082, last edited 31 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
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