Plant-based beverages
Orgain Organic Nutrition Plant Protein Shake Vanilla Bean Flavored
330 mL
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains non-nutritive sweeteners
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 33
Orgain Organic Nutrition Plant Protein Shake Vanilla Bean Flavored scores 33 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
- minus 8 points 8 kinds of ultra-processing markers: Industrial additive classes found: bulking agent, color (added), emulsifier, flavoring, industrial protein, modified starch, non-nutritive sweetener and thickener, stabilizer or gelling agent. Emerging
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Organic Nutrition Plant Protein Shake Vanilla Bean Flavored
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Pea protein minus 2.5 points
- Dextrin minus 2.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 1.5 points
- Sunflower oil minus 1.5 points
- Sunflower lecithin minus 1.5 points
- Inulin (chicory root fiber) minus 0.5 points
- Magnesium phosphate minus 0.5 points
- Gellan gum minus 0.5 points
- Monk fruit extract minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 8 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 ml
- Sugars 3 g / 100 ml minus 6 points
- Energy 70 kcal / 100 ml minus 4 points
100 − 67.5 = 32.5 → 33
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 ml
| Energy | 70 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 1.8 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.3 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 8.5 g |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Added sugars | 3 g |
| Fiber | 0.6 g |
| Protein | 4.8 g |
| Salt | 0.2 g |
Serving: 330 ml (330 ml)
Ingredients
- FILTERED WATER
- ORGAIN ORGANIC PROTEIN BLENDTM (ORGANIC PEA PROTEIN, ORGANIC CHIA SEEDS) (not recognized)
- ORGANIC RICE DEXTRIN
- ORGANIC CANE SUGAR (high concern)
- ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVORS
- ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL
- ORGANIC SUNFLOWER LECITHIN
- ORGANIC INULIN
- TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE
- MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE
- ORGAIN VITAMIN&MINERAL BLEND™M (SODIUM ASCORBATE, ZINC GLUCONATE, D-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE MANGANESE SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, BETA CAROTENE, POTASSIUM IODIDE CALCIUM-D-PANTOTHENATE, BIOTIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, COPPER GLUCONATE, ERGOCALCIFEROL, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE, SODIUM SELENATE, METHYLCOBALAMIN) (not recognized)
- SODIUM BICARBONATE
- GELLAN GUM
- ORGAIN ORGANIC FRUIT & VEGETABLE BLENDTM (ORGANIC APPLE FIBER, ORGANIC ACAI, ORGANIC BEET, ORGANIC KALE, ORGANIC RASPBERRY, ORGANIC SPINACH, ORGANIC TOMATO, ORGANIC BANANA, ORGANIC BLUEBERRY, ORGANIC CARROT)
- SEA SALT
- ORGANIC MONK FRUIT EXTRACT
Label text, as published
FILTERED WATER, ORGAIN ORGANIC PROTEIN BLENDTM (ORGANIC PEA PROTEIN, ORGANIC CHIA SEEDS), ORGANIC RICE DEXTRIN, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, ORGANIC INULIN, TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, ORGAIN VITAMIN&MINERAL BLEND™M (SODIUM ASCORBATE, ZINC GLUCONATE, D-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE MANGANESE SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, BETA CAROTENE, POTASSIUM IODIDE CALCIUM-D-PANTOTHENATE, BIOTIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, COPPER GLUCONATE, ERGOCALCIFEROL, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE, SODIUM SELENATE, METHYLCOBALAMIN), SODIUM BICARBONATE, GELLAN GUM, ORGAIN ORGANIC FRUIT & VEGETABLE BLENDTM (ORGANIC APPLE FIBER, ORGANIC ACAI, ORGANIC BEET, ORGANIC KALE, ORGANIC RASPBERRY, ORGANIC SPINACH, ORGANIC TOMATO, ORGANIC BANANA, ORGANIC BLUEBERRY, ORGANIC CARROT), SEA SALT, ORGANIC MONK FRUIT EXTRACT.
Allergens and diets
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
Packaging
Tetra pak
Context only: no points in v1.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
“We estimated that dietary exposure to phosphates may exceed the new ADI for infants, toddlers and children with average consumption of phosphates in their diet.”
efsa.europa.eu
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WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline
“The recommendation is based on the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org