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Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein

Level 4Significant concerns

Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: HVP, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolysed soy protein

Where you'll see it

UPF generally, savoury snack flavourings

What the research says

Named as one of soy's 'many guises' in industrial food, a hydrolysed protein fraction. Inherits van Tulleken's general critique of protein isolates: rapid absorption bypassing satiety, and absence of co-evolved nutritional context. [ultra-processed-people] Named as one of soy's 'many guises' in industrial food, a hydrolysed protein fraction. Inherits van Tulleken's general critique of protein isolates: rapid absorption bypassing satiety, and absence of co-evolved nutritional context.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken)Chapter 16: UPF destroys traditional diets: any soy you consume is ultra-processed through multiple physical and chemical stages ... it can appear on food labels as soy flour, hydrolysed vegetable protein, soy protein isolate