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Is Beyond Meatballs Italian Style Plant-Based Meatballs ultra-processed?

10 oz Meat analogues Sold in the United States and Australia

Pack of Beyond Meatballs Italian Style Plant-Based Meatballs

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat analogues

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

water, pea protein expeller-pressed canola oil, pefined coconut dil natural flavors, rice protein, yeast, methylcellulose, potato starch, spices salt, potassium chloride, apple extract garlic powder, vinegar lemon juice concentrate, onion, pomegranate, sunflower lecithin, beet powder (for color), carrot "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: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E461 Methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

water, pea protein expeller-pressed canola oil, pefined coconut dil natural flavors, rice protein, yeast, methylcellulose, potato starch, spices salt, potassium chloride, apple extract garlic powder, vinegar lemon juice concentrate, onion powder, pomegranate extract, sunflower lecithin, beet powder (for color), carrot "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.

  • 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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 256th. 80% of the meat analogues 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850004207789, last edited 4 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.