Is Up&Go Liquid Breakfast ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed chocolate milks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, soy protein, corn maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), plant fibre (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (sunflower, canola), fructose (ultra-processing marker), cocoa 0.5%, rice flour, flavours (ultra-processing marker), mineral (calcium), acidity regulator (potassium citrate), e460 (ultra-processing marker), e466 (ultra-processing marker), e407 (ultra-processing marker), stabiliser (e452 (ultra-processing marker)), vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin B3, vitamin A, vitamin D2, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, salt (processing marker)
Additives: E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate , E407 Carrageenan , E452 Polyphosphates , E460 Cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
Water, soy protein, corn maltodextrin, cane sugar, plant fibre, vegetable oils (sunflower, canola), fructose, cocoa (0.5%), rice flour, flavours, mineral (calcium), acidity regulator (potassium citrate), e460, e466, e407, stabiliser (e452), vitamins (C, B3, A, D2, B2, B1, B12, B6), salt.
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- 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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 68 chocolate milks
From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 96% of the chocolate milks here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300652809961, last edited 16 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.