Food ingredient · Protein

Milk protein concentrate / isolate

Milk proteins concentrated by filtration.

  • Industrial protein
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points milk protein concentrate / isolate costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • 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 milk protein concentrate / isolate

519 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list milk protein concentrate / isolate. The 12 most scanned:

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 (16)
  • milk protein
  • dairy protein
  • milk proteins
  • micellar casein
  • proteines de lait
  • milk protein blend
  • ultrafiltered milk
  • ultra filtered milk
  • milk protein isolate
  • ultrafiltered skim milk
  • milk protein concentrate
  • modified milk ingredients
  • ultra filtered nonfat milk
  • milk protein concentrate mpc
  • concentre de proteines de lait
  • milk protein concentrate isolate

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org