Is Organic Plant Protein ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 38 ingredients
- 7 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Pea Protein, Flax Seed, Quinoa, Pumpkin Seed Protein, Chia Seed, Coconut Milk, Inulin (ultra-processing marker), Acacia Gum (ultra-processing marker), Apple, Carrot, Cranberry, Orange, Broccoli, Shiitake Mushroom Extract, Tomato, Coconut Sugar (processing marker), Vanilla Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Stevia Leaf Extract (ultra-processing marker), Monk Fruit Extract (ultra-processing marker), DL-Alpha Tocopherol, Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide (processing marker), Zinc Oxide, Selenium Amino Acid Chelate, Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate, Niacinamide, Copper Oxide, Riboflavin, Cyanocobalamin, Calcium D-Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Proteases, Amylase, Cellulase (processing marker), Lactase (processing marker), Lipase (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E1100 Alpha-Amylase , E1101 Protease , E1104 Lipase , E307 Alpha-tocopherol , E414 Acacia gum , E960 Steviol glycosides , potassium iodide
As written on the pack
Pea Protein, Flax Seed, Quinoa, Pumpkin Seed Protein, Chia Seed, Coconut Milk, Inulin, Acacia Gum, Apple, Carrot, Cranberry, Orange, Broccoli, Shiitake Mushroom Extract, Tomato, Coconut Sugar, Vanilla Flavor, Natural Flavor, Sea Salt, Stevia Leaf Extract, Monk Fruit Extract, DL-Alpha Tocopherol, Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide, Zinc Oxide, Selenium Amino Acid Chelate, Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate, Niacinamide, Copper Oxide, Riboflavin, Cyanocobalamin, Calcium D-Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Proteases, Amylase, Cellulase, Lactase, Lipase
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.
- E1104 Lipase A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- 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.
- E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
- 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.
Among 149 protein powders
From least to most processed, this one ranks 106th. 95% of the protein powders here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850015510083, last edited 11 February 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.