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Is Aldi Butternut squash, tomato & basil Falafel ultra-processed?

200 g Vegetarian balls Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Butternut squash, tomato & basil Falafel

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed meat alternatives

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chickpeas (chickpeas, water), potato flake, sweet potato, butternut squash 8%, rapeseed oil, carrot, red peppers, tomato 4.5%, water, basil, tomato purée, lemon zest, rice flour, salt, concentrated lemon juice, garlic purée, coriander, raising agent (sodium carbonates), black pepper, cinnamon

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

chickpeas (chickpeas, water), potato flake, sweet potato, butternut squash 8%, rapeseed oil, carrot, red peppers, diced tomato 4.5%, water, basil, tomato purée, lemon zest, rice flour, salt, concentrated lemon juice, garlic purée, ground coriander, raising agent (sodium carbonates), black pepper, ground cinnamon

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 vegetarian balls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 49% of the vegetarian balls here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 59 vegetarian balls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600540412, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.