Food · Ensure
Ensure Original Vanilla
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Weak nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 ml
A weak nutrition box and an ultra-processed recipe. A treat in a bottle, not a weekday pour.
Worse than 9 in 10 packs in Protein. The swap is on this aisle.
A 330 ml can is about 30 g of sugar — roughly 8 teaspoons. A can a day this week is about 56 teaspoons. Per 100 ml hides that.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A 330 ml can is about 30 g of sugar. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Worse than 9 in 10 packs in Protein. The swap is on this aisle.
The pack
A weak nutrition box and an ultra-processed recipe. A treat in a bottle, not a weekday pour.
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.
- A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A weak nutrition box
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Weak
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
3 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
A weak nutrition box and an ultra-processed recipe. A treat in a bottle, not a weekday pour.
Poor · 36/100 · nutrition weak
- Nutrition quality26/100
- Ingredients81/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
What pulled it down
A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate this box. Poor at best — a treat, not a habit.
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.
A weak nutrition box
About 2.3 teaspoons of sugar in 100 ml. Nothing in the bottle slows that sugar down — no fibre, no protein. Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate.
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.
Carrageenan
-14Degraded carrageenan is inflammatory in animal studies. Debate continues.
Natural flavouring
-5Undisclosed mixture. Usually low toxicological risk, poor transparency.
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 ml
| Energy | 420 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 9 gHigh About 2.3 teaspoons of sugar in 100 ml. |
| Saturated fat | 0.5 gLow |
| Salt | 0.2 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Water, corn maltodextrin, sugar, milk protein concentrate, soy oil, soy protein isolate, soy lecithin, carrageenan, natural flavour.
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.
Natural flavouring
−5Not a toxin. A sign the recipe needed a perfume. You cannot tell what is inside from the words.
Milk
No concernA staple for people who digest it. An allergen for people who don’t.
LecithinE322
No concernGenerally fine. Soy lecithin can matter if you are highly soy-allergic.
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