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Is Beyond Steak Plant-Based Seared Tips ultra-processed?

10 oz Meat analogues Sold in the United States

Pack of Beyond Steak Plant-Based Seared Tips

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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, wheat gluten, faba bean protein, canola oil, salt, natural flavor, and LESS THAN 1% OF SPICE, garlic powder, onion powder, pomegranate, yeast extract, sunflower lecithin, fruit, vegetable color

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

WATER, WHEAT GLUTEN, FABA BEAN PROTEIN, EXPELLER-PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, AND LESS THAN 1% OF SPICE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, POMEGRANATE CONCENTRATE, YEAST EXTRACT, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE COLOR

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.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 241st. 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 511 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810057290831, last edited 18 July 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.