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Is Star Nutrition Supreme Casein ultra-processed?

Protein powders Sold in Sweden

Pack of Star Nutrition Supreme Casein

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed protein powders

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

Milk protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, fat-reduced cocoa powder 4.2%, flavour, salt, sweetener (aspartame, acesulfame-K), thickener (cellulose gum), enzyme (lactase), Ingredienser (Mjölkproteinkoncentrat), kalciumkaseinat (mjölk), fettreducerat kakaopulver 4.2%, arom, salt, sötningsmedel (aspartam, acesulfam-K), förtjockningsmedel (cellulosagummi), enzym (laktas), Innehåller en källa till fenylalanin

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

As written on the pack

Milk protein concentrate, calcium caseinate (milk), fat-reduced cocoa powder (4,2%), flavour, salt, sweetener (aspartame, acesulfame-K), thickener (cellulose gum), enzyme (lactase). *Contains a source of phenylalanine. [SE] Ingredienser: Mjölkproteinkoncentrat, kalciumkaseinat (mjölk), fettreducerat kakaopulver (4,2%), arom, salt, sötningsmedel (aspartam*, acesulfam-K), förtjockningsmedel (cellulosagummi), enzym (laktas). *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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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 150 protein powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 111th. 95% of the protein powders 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 150 protein powders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340028821229, last edited 8 June 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.