Is Bramwells Moroccan medley cous cous ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
couscous 82% (Durum Wheat Semolina), tomato 2.5%, Sugar (processing marker), sunflower seeds 2%, apple 2%, Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), tomato 1.5%, Onion, Yeast Extract, Salt (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Cumin, Lemon Juice, Spinach Powder, Spearmint, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Turmeric, Garlic, Coriander, Barley Malt Extract, Chilli, Whey (ultra-processing marker), Celery Seeds, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Antioxidants (Citric Acid), Ascorbic Acid
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
COUSCOUS (82%) (Durum Wheat Semolina), TOMATO POWDER (2.5%), Sugar, SUNFLOWER SEEDS (2%), APPLE (2%), Glucose Syrup, TOMATO (1.5%), Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Salt, Rapeseed Oil and/or Sunflower Oil, Cumin, Lemon Juice Powder, Spinach Powder, Spearmint, Flavourings, Turmeric, Garlic Powder, Coriander, Barley Malt Extract Powder, Chilli Powder, Whey (Milk), Celery Seeds, Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya); Antioxidants: Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid.
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.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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 4088600513140, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.