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Is STAR Nutrition Protein Pudding Marängsviss ultra-processed?

450 g Sold in Norway

Pack of STAR Nutrition Protein Pudding Marängsviss

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Mjölkprotein, mjölkproteinisolat, maränger 6% (socker, äggvita, astra pa skeden vid omrorning så använd gärna en ny sked vid vegetabiliskt fett (sheaolja, palmolja), emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin)), fettreducerat kakaopulver, arom, bananflakes 1% (banan, socker, majsstärkelse), salt, sötningsmedel (aspartam, acesulfam K), förtjockningsmedel (natriumkarboximetylcellulosa)

Additives: E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Vegetable fat.

As written on the pack

Mjölkproteinkoncentrat, mjölkproteinisolat, maränger (6%) (socker, äggvitapulver, astra pa skeden vid omrorning så använd gärna en ny sked vid vegetabiliskt fett (sheaolja, palmolja), emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin)), fettreducerat kakaopulver, arom (innehåller mjölk), bananflakes (1%) (banan, socker, majsstärkelse), salt, sötningsmedel (aspartam, acesulfam K), förtjockningsmedel (natriumkarboximetylcellulosa). Innehåller en källa till fenylalanin.

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.

  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350132941409, last edited 1 October 2024), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.