Is Clearspring Miso ultra-processed?

Miso soup Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Clearspring Miso

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 11 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Freeze-dried brown rice miso 83% (soya beans, brown rice, sea salt (processing marker)), freeze-dried sweet white miso 11% (soya beans, rice, sea salt (processing marker)), wakame 3%, green onions, kombu 0.3%

As written on the pack

Freeze-dried brown rice miso* (83%) (whole soya beans, brown rice*, sea salt), freeze-dried sweet white miso* (11%) (whole soya beans*, rice*, sea salt), dried wakame (3%), dried green onions*, kombu powder (0.3%). *organically grown

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 miso soup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 45% of the miso soup 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 11 miso soup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5021554985747, last edited 3 September 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.