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Boost Balanced nutrional drink
NestléBeverages · 0041679473375

Boost Balanced nutrional drink

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sucralose).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 7 Dec 2022

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. SucraloseModerate concernSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Water52.8%No flag›
  • Milk protein concentrate23.6%No flag›
  • Tapioca dextrin11.8%No flag
  • Vegetable oil5.9%No flag›
  • Canola3%No flag›
  • High oleic sunflower1.5%No flag
  • Corn1.5%No flag›
  • And less than 2% of fructose3%No flag
  • Soy protein isolate1.5%No flag›
  • Sodium caseinate0.7%No flag›
  • Calcium caseinate0.4%No flag›
  • Inulin0.2%No flag›
  • From chicory0.2%No flag›
  • Partially hydrolyzed guar gum<0.1%No flag
  • Vitamins<0.1%No flag›
  • Minerals‡<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Cellulose gel and gumNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Carrageenan · E407Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Sucralose · E955Moderate

    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

  • SweetenerNo flag
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Water, milk protein concentrate, tapioca dextrin, vegetable oil (canola, high oleic sunflower, corn), and less than 2% of fructose, soy protein isolate, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, inulin (from chicory), partially hydrolyzed guar gum, vitamins and minerals‡, salt, cellulose gel and gum, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, carrageenan, sucralose (sweetener)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 7 Dec 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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