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Is Silk Protein Soy Unsweetened ultra-processed?

1.89 L Unsweetened plain soy-based drinks Sold in Canada

Pack of Silk Protein Soy Unsweetened

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed unsweetened plain soy-based drinks

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

soy base (filtered water, soybeans), Vitamin and mineral blend, calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamins, vitamin D2, riboflavin, vitamin b2, vitamin B12, Gellan gum, Sea salt, Natural flavour, Sodium bicarbonate

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E418 Gellan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Organic soy base (filtered water, organic soybeans), Vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, riboflavin (b2), vitamin B12), Gellan gum, Sea salt, Natural flavour, Sodium bicarbonate.

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.

  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • 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.
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 21 unsweetened plain soy-based drinks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 81% of the unsweetened plain soy-based drinks 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 21 unsweetened plain soy-based drinks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025293000735, last edited 12 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.