Enzyme

Enzyme is one of the markers Open Food Facts uses to classify a food as ultra-processed (NOVA group 4).

What it is and why it counts

Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

These are extracted from foods or derived from them industrially: refined sugars made from starch, isolated proteins and fibres, modified starches and oils. NOVA calls them "substances of no or rare culinary use", the other defining sign of an ultra-processed food.

More about enzyme on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Enzyme appears in 105 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

Products containing enzyme

Showing the 60 most popular of 105.

How the NOVA classification works