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Is Raw Essentials GRASS-FED WHEY ISOLATE PROTEIN Chocolate ultra-processed?

893 g Bodybuilding supplements Sold in the United States

Pack of Raw Essentials GRASS-FED WHEY ISOLATE 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
  • 5 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Grass Fed Whey Protein Isolate, Cocoa Powder, Erythritol, Natural Flavor, Salt (Sodium Chloride), Gum Blend (Guar Gum, Gum Acacia, Xanthan Gum), Steviol Glycosides

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E960 Steviol glycosides , E968 Erythritol

As written on the pack

Grass Fed Whey Protein Isolate, Cocoa Powder (Processed with Alkali), Erythritol, Natural Flavor, Salt (Sodium Chloride), Gum Blend (Guar Gum, Gum Acacia, Xanthan Gum), 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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Cocoa powder An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 854 bodybuilding supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 594th. 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0860007286995, last edited 27 September 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.