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Is Yfood Classic Choco ultra-processed?

500 ml Milkshakes Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Yfood Classic Choco

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:

  • 48 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed milkshakes

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

Semi-skimmed milk, water, milk protein, vegetable oils (rapeseed vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), coconut milk, gluten-free oat fibre, soluble corn fibre, rice starch, fat-reduced cocoo 1.5%, vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin C, thiamin, niacin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12, biotin, pantothenic acid, minerals (magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, chromium molybdenum, iodine), maltodextrin, sweet, ener (sucralose), flavourings, gellan gum, processed euchema seaweed, lecithins, lactase, Certified B Corporation This company meets high standards of social and environmental Impact Recycle mel yfood Labs GmbH, Landwehrstraße 60, 80336 Munich, yfood Labs GmbH, PO Box 207, York, YO911WS No need to refrigerate before opening

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E418 Gellan gum , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Semi-skimmed milk, water, milk protein, vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower), coconut milk powder, gluten-free oat fibre, soluble corn fibre, rice starch, fat-reduced cocoo 1.5%, vitamins (A, D, E, K, C, thiamin, niacin B6, folic acid, B12, biotin, pantothenic acid), minerals (magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, chromium molybdenum, iodine), maltodextrin, sweet - ener: sucralose; flavourings, stabilisers gellan gum, processed euchema seaweed; emulsifier: lecithins; lactase. Certified B Corporation This company meets high standards of social and environmental Impact Recycle mel yfood Labs GmbH, Landwehrstraße 60, 80336 Munich, Germany yfood Labs GmbH, PO Box 207, York, YO911WS No need to refrigerate before opening.

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.

  • 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.
  • E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 milkshakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 92% of the milkshakes 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 39 milkshakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4260556631165, last edited 31 August 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.