Vanilla Flavored High Protein Shake, Vanilla

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Vanilla Flavored High Protein Shake, Vanilla scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Less Than 2% Of Natural And Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Sweeteners (Sucralose): Synthetic sweeteners are definitive UPF markers.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Milk Protein Isolate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Protein Shakes & Meal Replacements, this product is more processed than about 17% 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 Vanilla Flavored High Protein Shake, Vanilla'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Dipotassium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.