Is Beyond Meat Beyond Sausage Plant-Based Links Brat Original ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed vegetarian sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, pea protein, avocado oil (processing marker), brown rice protein, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), methylcellulose (ultra-processing marker), and LESS OF INULIN 2%, oat bran, sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vinegar, yeast extract, oat fiber (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice concentrate, rice starch (processing marker), vegetable color, pea starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices, apple extract, potato starch (processing marker), calcium chloride, citric acid, potassium salt, pomegranate, onion, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), sodium alginate casing
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E461 Methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
WATER, PEA PROTEIN, AVOCADO OIL, BROWN RICE PROTEIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, METHYLCELLULOSE, 2% OR LESS OF INULIN, OAT BRAN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VINEGAR, YEAST EXTRACT. OAT FIBER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, RICE STARCH, VEGETABLE JUICE COLOR, PEA STARCH, SALT, SPICES, APPLE EXTRACT, POTATO STARCH, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT, POMEGRANATE CONCENTRATE, ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, SODIUM ALGINATE CASING.
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
6 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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
- 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.
Among 84 vegetarian sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 96% of the vegetarian sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0852629004774, last edited 4 April 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.