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Chocolate Reduced Fat Ultra-filtered Milk
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Strong nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Middle of Dairy. 21 of 41 on our shelves score higher.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Middle of Dairy. 21 of 41 on our shelves score higher.
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- Stacked sweeteners cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Strong
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
4 additives
Planet
Heavier footprint · 46/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Palm oil, heavy processing, or farming choices that cost more than they give back.
Shelf price · Open Prices
$6.99
Median of 1 store
- Safeway · US$6.99 · 2025-11-12
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition strong
- Nutrition quality88/100
- Ingredients44/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
The extras on the list set the limit. A high-concern ingredient, or a cluster of them, blocks a better rating.
What pulled it down
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
Stacked sweeteners cannot be rated Good
A cluster of extras keeps this at Poor: a sometimes product, not a habit.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Potassium phosphates
-5Phosphate in processed cheese and drinks. We count the family.
Acesulfame K
-14Intense sweetener. Limited long-term data; gut microbiome questions.
Carrageenan
-14Degraded carrageenan is inflammatory in animal studies. Debate continues.
Sucralose
-5Chlorinated sweetener. Heat-degradation products are a concern in baking.
A long list of extras
-84 additives sit on this pack. One extra is a recipe. Four is a factory pattern.
Stacked intense sweeteners
-10Two or more intense sweeteners in one product is a diet-drink pattern, not a quiet recipe.
What held it up
A strong nutrition box
No meaningful sugar. This is a strong everyday box.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 0 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 0 gLow No added sweetness to speak of. |
| Saturated fat | 0 gLow |
| Salt | 0 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
REDUCED FAT ULTRA-FILTERED MILK, SUGAR, ALKALIZED COCOA, LACTASE ENZYME, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SUCRALOSE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3. CONTAINS MILK.
Acesulfame KE950
−14Long-term questions linger. Fine as a rare diet drink, not as a personality.
CarrageenanE407
−14Some people find it rough on the gut. Debate continues; we treat it as worth watching.
Sugar
Low concernNot a toxin. A teaspoon is a teaspoon. The issue is how many hide in drinks and breakfast.
Potassium phosphatesE340
−5Phosphate in processed cheese and drinks. We count the family.
SucraloseE955
−5Holds up in the bottle; less lovely when baked hot. Gut questions exist at high doses.
Retinyl palmitate
Low concernVitamin A ester. Extra sun care; skip high leave-on in pregnancy.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
- Also on the pack: REDUCED FAT ULTRA-FILTERED MILK, ALKALIZED COCOA, LACTASE ENZYME, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, VITAMIN D3. CONTAINS MILK.
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