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Is Slimfast Rocky road ultra-processed?

1 Meal replacements Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Slimfast Rocky road

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:

  • 93 ingredients
  • 10 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Soya protein crisp 23% (soya protein isolate, tapioca starch, stabiliser (calcium carbonate), salt), glucose syrup, oligofructose, milk chocolate 12%, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, lactose, whey powder, anhydrous milk fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), natural vanilla flavouring, vitamins, minerals, potassium citrate, calcium phosphate, potassium phosphate, magnesium citrate, vitamins, vitamin C, niacin, iron pyrophosphate, vitamin E, zinc oxide, pantothenic acid, manganese sulphate, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B6, thiamin, copper gluconate, vitamin A, follic acid, potassium iodide, vitamin K, sodium selenite, biotin, vitamins, vitamin D, vitamin B12, marshmallows 5% (glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, water, gelatine (from pork), maize starch, natural flavouring), milk protein, chocolate flavoured compound coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsitier (soya lecithin), natural vanila flavouring), sunflower oil, pectose paste (fructose, glucose, water, pectin, natural flavours), humectant (glycerine), sugar, crisped cereal 2% (rice flour, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, cafcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, malted barley flour, whey powder, rapeseed oil, salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), fat reduced cocoa powder, natural flavourings, emulsifier (soya lecithin)

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E502 Carbonates , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

Soya protein crisp (23%)(soya protein isolate, tapioca starch, stabiliser (calcium carbonate), salt), glucose syrup, oligofructose, milk chocolate (12%(sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, lactose (milk), whey powder (milk), anhydrous milk fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), natural vanilla flavouring), vitamins and minerals (potassium citrate, calcium phosphate, potassium phosphate, magnesium citrate, vitamin C, niacin, iron pyrophosphate, vitamin E, zinc oxide, pantothenic acid, manganese sulphate, riboflavin, vitamin B6, thiamin, copper gluconate, vitamin A, follic acid, potassium iodide, vitamin K, sodium selenite, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin B12), marshmallows (5%) (glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, water, gelatine (from pork), maize starch, natural flavouring), milk protein, chocolate flavoured compound coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsitier (soya lecithin), natural vanila flavouring), sunflower oil, pectose paste (fructose, glucose solids, water, pectin, natural flavours), humectant (glycerine), sugar, crisped cereal (2%) (rice flour, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, cafcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, malted barley flour, whey powder(milk), rapeseed oil, salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), fat reduced cocoa powder, natural flavourings, emulsifier (soya lecithin)

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.
  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
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  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Humectant 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.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 56 meal replacements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 96% of the meal replacements 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 5055967501577, last edited 27 March 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.