Food ingredient · Protein
Caseinate
Milk protein (casein) processed with a salt; common in creamers and processed foods.
- Industrial protein
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points caseinate costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An ingredient typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list caseinate
321 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list caseinate. The 12 most scanned:
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GARDEN SALSA FLAVORED Sun Chips Sun Chips Score 18 out of 100 Bad -
Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips · 7 oz (198.4 g) Score 20 out of 100 Poor -
Chocolate Shake Premier Protein · 11 fl oz (325 mL) Score 81 out of 100 Excellent -
Premier Protein Vanilla Shake Premier Protein · 11 oz Score 40 out of 100 Okay -
Nacho Cheese Flavored Doritos Doritos · 9.25 oz (262.2 g) Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Cookies & Cream Protein Bar Quest · 60 g Score 45 out of 100 Okay -
Fit Crunch Chocolate Peanut Butter Chef Robert Irvine's · 1.62 oz (46 g) Score 21 out of 100 Poor -
Barebells Cookies & Cream Protein Bar Barebells · 55 g Score 89 out of 100 Excellent -
Caramel Cashew Barebells · 1.94 oz (55 g) Score 30 out of 100 Poor -
Vanilla Premier Protein Shake Premier Protein · 11 fl oz Score 81 out of 100 Excellent -
Chocolate Protein Shake Premier Protein · 11 fl oz (325 mL) Score 44 out of 100 Okay -
High Protein Protein Bar Think! · 141603637 Score 94 out of 100 Excellent
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- No
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
- Allergen
- Milk
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (17)
- casein
- caseinate
- caseinates
- acid casein
- casein milk
- rennet casein
- sodium caseinate
- calcium caseinate
- caseinate de sodium
- potassium caseinate
- caseinate de calcium
- sodium caseinate milk
- calcium caseinate milk
- sodium caseinate from milk
- emulsifier sodium caseinate milk
- sodium caseinate milk derivative
- sodium caseinate a milk derivative