Food · Quest
Quest Protein Shake Salted Caramel
0888849010103
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 Pantry. 25 of 34 on our shelves score higher.
This pack is on an ongoing recall
Class II. Potential undeclared gluten product is labeled as gluten free but consumer advocacy group testing revealed results above 20ppm for gluten.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Middle of Pantry. 25 of 34 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
7 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
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 quality90/100
- Ingredients75/100
- 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.
Erythritol
-5Sugar alcohol in ‘light’ ice cream. Gut upset in high amounts.
Natural flavouring
-5Undisclosed mixture. Usually low toxicological risk, poor transparency.
Sucralose
-5Chlorinated sweetener. Heat-degradation products are a concern in baking.
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 | 219 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 0.30769 gLow No added sweetness to speak of. |
| Saturated fat | 0.15385 gLow |
| Salt | 0.29231 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 9.23 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Protein blend (milk protein isolate, whey protein isolate), soluble corn fiber, almonds, water, erythritol, natural flavors, cocoa butter, canola oil, sea salt, calcium carbonate, sunflower lecithin, baking soda, steviol glycosides (stevia), sucralose.
ErythritolE968
−5Sugar alcohol in ‘light’ ice cream. Gut upset in high amounts.
Natural flavouring
−5Not a toxin. A sign the recipe needed a perfume. You cannot tell what is inside from the words.
SucraloseE955
−5Holds up in the bottle; less lovely when baked hot. Gut questions exist at high doses.
Almonds
No concernA tree nut. A one-ingredient butter is a keep. A 2% almond drink is mostly water.
Water
No concernNo concern. The best everyday pour.
Cocoa
No concernA keep. Fat content varies; the bar’s sugar is the usual snag.
Sunflower oil
No concernA reasonable everyday oil. Not as interesting as olive, calmer than palm.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
Calcium carbonateE170
No concernChalk. Anti-caking and a calcium salt.
LecithinE322
No concernGenerally fine. Soy lecithin can matter if you are highly soy-allergic.
Sodium carbonatesE500
No concernNo toxicological concern. It’s the cupboard jar.
Steviol glycosidesE960
No concernWell studied at usual doses. Taste is the only argument.
- Also on the pack: Protein blend (milk protein isolate, whey protein isolate), soluble corn fiber
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