Is Star Nutrition Whey-80 Chocolate Hazelnut ultra-processed?

1000 g., 37 g. portion

Pack of Star Nutrition Whey-80 Chocolate Hazelnut

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vassleproteinkoncentrat (ultra-processing marker) (innehåller emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin, solroslecitin)), fettreducerad kakao 4%, arom (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), sötningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (aspartam (ultra-processing marker), acesulfam K (ultra-processing marker)), wuev_0 e

Additives: E950 Acesulfame k , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Vassleproteinkoncentrat (mjölk) (innehåller emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin)), fettreducerad kakao (4%), arom, salt, sötningsmedel (aspartam*, acesulfam K). *Innehåller en källa till fenylalanin. WUEV_0 E

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.

  • 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.

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.
  • Concentrated whey protein An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340028825203, last edited 5 July 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.
  • 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.