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Is Sanitarium Up & Go Protein Energize Vanilla Flavour ultra-processed?

250 ml Flavoured milks Sold in Australia

Pack of Sanitarium Up & Go Protein Energize Vanilla Flavour

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed flavoured 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

Filtered water, skim milk powder, soy protein, cane sugar, maltodextrin, milk protein concentrate, vegetable oils (sunflower, canola), fructose, hi-maize starch, flavour, inullin, acidity regulator (332), vegetable gums (468, 466, 407), salt, vitamins, vitamin C, niacin, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, folate

Additives: E332 Potassium citrates , E407 Carrageenan , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E468 Cross-linked sodium carboxymethylcellulose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E407 Carrageenan, E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, E468 Cross-linked sodium carboxymethylcellulose.

As written on the pack

Filtered water, skim milk powder, soy protein, cane sugar, maltodextrin, milk protein concentrate, vegetable oils (sunflower, canola), fructose, hi-maize starch, flavour, inullin, acidity regulator (332), vegetable gums (468, 466, 407), salt, vitamins (C, niacin, A, B12, B6, B2, B1, folate).

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.

  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • E468 Cross-linked sodium carboxymethylcellulose 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.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
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 127 flavoured milks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 97th. 94% of the flavoured 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 127 flavoured milks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300652802559, last edited 30 July 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.