Is Beyond Meat Beyond mince ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 24 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, pea protein 16%, rapeseed oil, coconut oil (processing marker), rice protein, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), cocoa butter, yeast, stabiliser (methylcellulose (ultra-processing marker)), potato starch (processing marker), apple extract, salt (processing marker), potassium salt, maize vinegar, concentrated lemon juice, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), colour (ultra-processing marker) (beetroot red (ultra-processing marker)), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), pomegranate, NO NO SOY GLUTEN *Peas are legumes, People with severe allergies to legumes like peanuts should be cautious when introducing pea protein into their diet because of the possibility of a pea allergy
Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E461 Methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
Water, pea protein* (16%), rapeseed oil, coconut oil, rice protein, flavouring, cocoa butter, dried yeast, stabiliser (methylcellulose), potato starch, apple extract, salt, potassium salt, maize vinegar, concentrated lemon juice, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), colour (beetroot red), maltodextrin, pomegranate extract. NO NO SOY GLUTEN *Peas are legumes. People with severe allergies to legumes like peanuts should be cautious when introducing pea protein into their diet because of the possibility of a pea allergy. Contains no peanuts or tree nuts.
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.
- E162 Beetroot red 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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 1230000068239, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.