Is Soylent Ready-To-Drink Meal ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 8 additives
Less processed meal replacements
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
filtered water, soy protein isolate, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker), allulose, canola oil, cellulose (ultra-processing marker), vitamin, mineral premix, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), SOLUBLE CORN Value FIBER, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), sucralose 31%, magnesium phosphate, potassium chloride, tricalcium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, ascorbic acid, choune chloride, di alpha-tocopheryl
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E343 Magnesium phosphates , E343i Monomagnesium phosphate , E418 Gellan gum , E460 Cellulose
As written on the pack
FILTERED WATER, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MALTODEXTRIN, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ALLULOSE, CANOLA OIL, CELLULOSE, VITAMIN AND MINERAL PREMIX, NATURAL FLAVORS, SOLUBLE CORN Value FIBER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, GELLAN GUM, SUCRALOSE 31%, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ASCORBIC ACID, CHOUNE CHLORIDE, DI ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
3 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 56 meal replacements
From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 96% of the meal replacements here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0858369006207, last edited 1 April 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.