Is Star Nutrition Whey-100 ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 11 ingredients
- 5 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
whey protein isolate (ultra-processing marker) (contains emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker))), flavoring (ultra-processing marker), coloring (ultra-processing marker) (beetroot red (ultra-processing marker)), sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (aspartame (ultra-processing marker)), stabiliser (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker)), utritic
Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum , E951 Aspartame
As written on the pack
whey protein isolate (milk) (contains emulsifier [soy lecithin]), flavoring, coloring (beetroot red), sweetener (aspartame*), stabiliser (xanthan gum), "contains a source of phenylalanine, utritic
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.
- E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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- 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.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350049153964, last edited 2 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.