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Is Pulsin Plant based protein chocolate ultra-processed?

280 gram Bodybuilding supplements Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pulsin Plant based protein chocolate

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 2 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Plant-based Protein Blend (Pea Protein, Faba Bean Protein, Pumpkin Seed Protein), Cacao Powder, Natural Flavourings, Acacia Fibre, Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

Plant-based Protein Blend (Pea Protein, Faba Bean Protein, Pumpkin Seed Protein) (88%), Cacao Powder, Natural Flavourings, Acacia Fibre, Thickener (Xanthan Gum), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides)

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 856 bodybuilding supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 443rd. 92% of the bodybuilding supplements 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 856 bodybuilding supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060142011215, last edited 27 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.