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Is Chargrilled Cajan Mini Fillets ultra-processed?

Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chargrilled Cajan Mini Fillets

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, vegetable protein 17% (wheat, PEA), sunflower oil, cajun seasoning 7% (smoked paprika, caster sugar, coriander, cornflour, garlic, garlic, yeast extract (yeast extract, salt), lemon juice (lemon juice concentrate, maltodextrin), onion, cracked black pepper, salt, chilli, cayenne, dried oregano, rapeseed oil), wheat gluten, pea protein, preservatives (potassium lactate), potassium acetate, citrus fibre, potato protein, natural flavourings, gelling agent (agar), dextrose, acidity regulator (citric acid), salt

Additives: E261 Potassium acetate , E326 Potassium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E406 Agar

As written on the pack

WATER, VEGETABLE PROTEIN (17%) (WHEAT, PEA), SUNFLOWER OIL, CAJUN SEASONING (7%) (GROUND SMOKED PAPRIKA, CASTER SUGAR, GROUND CORIANDER, CORNFLOUR, ROASTED GARLIC GRANULES, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT (YEAST EXTRACT, SALT), LEMON JUICE POWDER (LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, MALTODEXTRIN), ONION POWDER, CRACKED BLACK PEPPER, SALT, CHILLI FLAKES, GROUND CAYENNE, DRIED OREGANO, RAPESEED OIL), WHEAT GLUTEN, PEA PROTEIN, PRESERVATIVES: POTASSIUM LACTATE, POTASSIUM ACETATE; CITRUS FIBRE, POTATO PROTEIN, NATURAL FLAVOURINGS, GELLING AGENT: AGAR; DEXTROSE, ACIDITY REGULATOR: CITRIC ACID; SALT.

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.

  • E326 Potassium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 467th. 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 5010292965449, last edited 19 June 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.