Is Yfood ready-to-drink complete meal smooth vanilla flavour ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 61 ingredients
- 9 additives
Less processed meal replacements
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
semi-skimmed milk, water, milk protein (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) 2.9% (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), coconut milk, gluten-free oat fibres (ultra-processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), ferric diphosphate, zinc sulphate, cupric selenite, chromium (iii), chloride, sodium sulphate, manganese sulphate, sodium maintaining a varied, balanced diet and a fame k, sucralose (ultra-processing marker), stabilisers (gellan gum (ultra-processing marker)), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), lactase, natural flavouríngs (ultra-processing marker), molybdate, potassium iodide (processing marker), sodium citrate, vitamin c, vitamins, vitamin b1, niacin, vitamin b6, folic vitamín a, vitamins, vitamin d, vitamin e, vitamin k, acid, vitamins, vitamin b12, biotin, pantothenic acid, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, sulphate, manganese sulphate, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide (processing marker), sodium citrate, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (acesulfame k (ultra-processing marker)), sucralose (ultra-processing marker) (stabilisers), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker), carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), lactase, natural flavorings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E331 Sodium citrates , E407 Carrageenan , E418 Gellan gum , E514 Sodium sulphates , E514i Sodium sulphate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose , potassium iodide
As written on the pack
semi-skimmed milk, water, milk protein, maltodextrin, vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil) 2,9 %, coconut milk, gluten-free oat fibres, rice starch, ferric diphosphate, zinc sulphate, cupric selenite, chromium (iii) chloride, sodium sulphate, manganese sulphate, sodium maintaining a varied, balanced diet and a fame k, sucralose, stabilisers: gellan gum, carrageenan, lactase, natural flavouríngs, molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium citrate, vitamin c, vitamin b1, niacin, vitamin b6, folic vitamín a, vitamin d, vitamin e, vitamin k, acid, vitamin b12, biotin, pantothenic acid, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, sulphate, manganese sulphate, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium citrate, emulsifier: lecithins: sweeteners: acesulfame k, sucralose: stabilisers: gellan gum, carrageenan, lactase, natural flavorings
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- 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.
- E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- 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.
- 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.
4 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 56 meal replacements
From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 96% of the meal replacements here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4260556631158, last edited 27 March 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.