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Is Bramwells Vegetable Stock Cubes ultra-processed?

Vegetable broths Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Bramwells Vegetable Stock Cubes

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed vegetable broths

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

Salt, Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Yeast Extract, vegetables 4.5% (Onion, Dried Carrot, Tomato, Celery, Leek, Cabbage), Natural Flavourings, Sugar, Parsley, Onion Extract, Carrot Extract, Garlic, Turmeric Powder, Antioxidant (Extracts of Rosemary)

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Salt, Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Yeast Extract, VEGETABLES (4.5%) (Onion Powder, Dried Carrot, Tomato Powder, Dried Celery, Dried Leek, Dried Cabbage), Natural Flavourings (contains Celery), Sugar, Dried Parsley, Onion Extract, Carrot Extract, Garlic Powder, Turmeric Powder, Antioxidant: Extracts of Rosemary

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 60 vegetable broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 65% of the vegetable broths 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 60 vegetable broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462368233, last edited 8 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.