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Is Sanitarium Up & Go Protein Energize Chocolate Flavoured Beverage ultra-processed?

12x250ml Chocolate milks Sold in Australia

Pack of Sanitarium Up & Go Protein Energize Chocolate Flavoured Beverage

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed chocolate milks

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

water, skim milk powder, soy protein, cane sugar, vegetable oils (sunflower, canola), wheat maltodextrin e1400, milk protein concentrate, fructose, plant fibre, cocoa 0.5%, potassium citrate, e460, e466, e407, flavour, calcium, stabiliser (e452), vitamin C, vitamins, vitamin B3, vitamin A, vitamin D2, vitamin B2, vitamins, vitamin B1, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, salt

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E407 Carrageenan , E452 Polyphosphates , E460 Cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1400 Dextrin.

As written on the pack

water, skim milk powder, soy protein, cane sugar, vegetable oils (sunflower, canola), wheat maltodextrin E1400, milk protein concentrate, fructose, plant fibre, cocoa (0.5%), potassium citrate, E460, E466, E407, flavour, calcium, stabiliser E452, vitamin C, vitamin B3, vitamin A, vitamin D2, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, salt

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • 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.

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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
  • 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.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 68 chocolate milks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 96% of the chocolate milks 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 68 chocolate milks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300652804201, last edited 1 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.