Is Remedy Organics Cacao Essentials 100% Plant Based Shake ultra-processed?

355ml Plant-based milk alternatives 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
E322 Lecithins
E412 Guar gum
E414 Acacia gum
E418 Gellan gum

22 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed plant-based milk alternatives

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Almond Milk (Water, Almonds), Pea Protein, Coconut Sugar (processing marker), Cacao Powder, Dates, Hemp Seeds, Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Gum Acacia (ultra-processing marker), Gellan Gum (ultra-processing marker), Cinnamon, Sunflower Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Maca, Vitamin Blend (Calcium Derived From Seaweed, Vitamin D), Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Stevia Extract, Ashwagandha, Sea Salt (processing marker), Prebiotic

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

Organic Almond Milk (Water, Organic Almonds), Organic Pea Protein, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Dates, Organic Hemp Seeds, Organic Natural Flavor, Organic Gum Acacia, Gellan Gum, Organic Cinnamon, Organic Sunflower Lecithin, Organic Maca, Vitamin Blend (Calcium Derived From Seaweed, Vitamin D), Guar Gum, Organic Stevia Extract, Organic Ashwagandha Extract, Sea Salt, Organic Prebiotic Powder

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.
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.
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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 593 plant-based milk alternatives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 565th. 71% of the plant-based milk alternatives 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 593 plant-based milk alternatives, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0859539007017, last edited 17 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.
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.