first on the label · Skim milk powder, maltodextrin, sucrose, cocoa, FOS 3.6%, caramel powder, oats powder 1%, almond powder 1%, full list read.
⚠artificial flavour'Artificial flavouring substances' on the label. Not dangerous at these doses, just a sign the food needs a costume.
The fine print
Sugar: Plain added sugar, the honest villain. Counted by the gram in the Clean score.
Sucralose: Zero-calorie artificial sweetener. Regulators rate it safe at normal intake; a 2023 lab study flagged a trace impurity (sucralose-6-acetate) as genotoxic in cells. Doses there were far above what a scoop delivers.
Maltodextrin: A starch that legally isn’t ‘sugar’, so it never shows in the sugar line, yet has a glycemic index of 85–105, higher than table sugar. The classic ‘sugar-free’ loophole.
FSSAI: 13 g/100 g · 3 g/100 kcal, may legally print “HIGH PROTEIN” via the per-100 g route.