Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink

Name: Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink
Brand: Carnation

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Ingredients · 48

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100ml	Per serving
Calories	101.27 kcal	240 kcal
Fat	2.53 g	6 g
Saturated fat	0.42 g	1 g
Carbohydrates	15.19 g	36 g
Sugars	4.64 g	11 g
Fiber	0 g	0 g
Protein	4.22 g	10 g
Sodium	0.07 g	0.16 g

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Common questions

Is Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink healthy?

Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 10g protein and 11g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink?

Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink lists 48 ingredients, starting with Water, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Milk Protein Concentrate and Less Than 2% of Vegetable Oil and Canola. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink?

240 kcal per serving, or 101 kcal per 100ml. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink contain seed oils?

Yes. Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink lists Milk Protein Concentrate and Less Than 2% of Vegetable Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink?

Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink compare to other beverages?

At 5/100 Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink scores worse than most beverages we have scored. A higher-scoring option in beverages is Simply Nature Organic Super Food 100% Juice at 100/100.

Is Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink organic?

Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink is not certified organic in our data.

Has Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Carnation Breakfast Essentials Complete Nutritional Drink, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.