Lean Muscle Protein Powder, Chocolate
The processing score reflects 43 ingredients, including artificial sweeteners, artificial flavoring and emulsifiers or gums. The nutrition score reflects high saturated fat.
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Ingredients
34 listed · 5 flagged for reviewPROTEIN BLEND (CALCIUM SODIUM CASEINATE, MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LACTOFERRIN, L-GLUTAMINE, TAURINE), MALTODEXTRIN, ALKALIZED COCOA POWDER, SUNFLOWER OIL, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, CANOLA OIL, CRYSTALLINE FRUCTOSE, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, LESS THAN 1% OF: POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, INULIN, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, POTASSIUM BICARBONATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SOY LECITHIN, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ASCORBIC ACID, SUCRALOSE, FERROUS FUMARATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, COPPER GLUCONATE, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, L-CARNITINE, CHOLECALCIFEROL, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, POTASSIUM IODIDE, CYANOCOBALAMIN.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Lean Muscle Protein Powder, Chocolate scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Artificial Sweeteners (Sucralose): Synthetic sweeteners are definitive UPF markers.
- Processed Fruit Products (Alkalized Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
- Other Additives (Medium Chain Triglycerides): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
- Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
Within Protein Shakes & Meal Replacements, this product is more processed than about 46% of the 2,287 products we've analyzed.
Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.
What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Lean Muscle Protein Powder, Chocolate's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Maltodextrin, Crystalline Fructose.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sunflower Oil, Canola Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Dicalcium Phosphate, Less Than 1% Of: Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Oxide, Potassium Bicarbonate, and 7 more.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, Niacinamide, Cholecalciferol, and 6 more.
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
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