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Is Better Nature Tempeh ultra-processed?

180g Tempeh Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Better Nature Tempeh

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed tempeh

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

Tempeh 90% (soya beans, water, tempeh culture (rice flour, inoculum)), sunflower oil, water, spices (cumin, paprika, chillies, fenugreek, pepper, liquorice root), salt, turmeric, onion, garlic, tomato purée, yeast extract, natural flavouring, spirit vinegar, thickener (guar gum), turmeric extract

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Tempeh 90% (soya beans, water, tempeh culture (rice flour, inoculum)), sunflower oil, water, spices (cumin, paprika, chillies, fenugreek, pepper, liquorice root), salt, turmeric purée, onion, garlic, tomato purée, yeast extract, natural flavouring, spirit vinegar, thickener: guar gum, turmeric extract

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
2 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 tempeh

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 24% of the tempeh 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 17 tempeh, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5070000206806, 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.