Is Delphi Edamame salad ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 26 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Edamame beans, vegetable mix 14% (black olives (water, salt (processing marker), acidity regulator (lactic acid), colour stabilizer (ferrous gluconate)), semi dried tomato bits 5%, red onion), lemon, water, vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oil), citric acid, salt (processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), black pepper, garlic puree, cheese (processing marker) (cows milk, salt (processing marker), culture, microbial rennet)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E579 Iron gluconate
As written on the pack
Edamame beans (soya) (68%), vegetable mix (14%) [sliced black olives (water, salt, acidity regulator: lactic acid, colour stabilizer: ferrous gluconate), semi dried tomato bits (5%), red onion], lemon concentrate, water, vegetable oil (sunflower), citric acid, salt, preservative: potassium sorbate, black pepper, garlic puree, cheese (milk)(semi-skimmed cows milk, salt, culture, microbial rennet).
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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.
Among 224 prepared salads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 87th. 60% of the prepared salads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018811000329, last edited 29 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.