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Is Artisan Grains Veggie Burger Mix Sweet Chilli ultra-processed?

200 g Vegetarian hamburgers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Artisan Grains Veggie Burger Mix Sweet Chilli

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed vegetarian hamburgers

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

Cashews 20%, Peanut Flour 9.5%, Peanuts 9.5%, Sweet Chilli Seasoning 9.5% (Sugar, Salt, Rice Flour, Garlic, Tomato, Paprika, Yeast Extract, Chilli, Onion, Cumin, Dried Lemon Juice, Malt Vinegar, Parsley, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Natural Flavouring, Paprika), Rice Flour, Polenta, Breadcrumbs (Rice Flour, Water, Dextrose, Vegetable Fibre, Salt, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Plain Caramel, Paprika), Green Lentils 8%, Onion, Quinoa, Red Peppers, Citrus Fibre, Sugar, Mixed Herbs, Baking Powder, Guar Gum, Salt, Black Pepper

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Cashews (20%), Peanut Flour (9.5%), Peanuts (9.5%), Sweet Chilli Seasoning (9.5%) (Sugar, Salt, Rice Flour, Garlic, Tomato, Paprika, Yeast Extract, Chilli, Onion, Cumin, Dried Lemon Juice, Dried Malt Vinegar, Parsley, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring, Paprika), Rice Flour, Polenta, Gluten Free Breadcrumbs (Rice Flour, Water, Dextrose, Vegetable Fibre, Salt, Emulsifier: Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Plain Caramel, Paprika), Green Lentils (8%), Onion, Quinoa Flakes, Red Peppers, Citrus Fibre, Sugar, Mixed Herbs, Baking Powder, Guar Gum, Salt, Black Pepper.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 vegetarian hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 71% of the vegetarian hamburgers 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 21 vegetarian hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5034444115445, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.