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Is Edeka Linseneintopf ultra-processed?

500g Canned meals Sold in Ireland and Germany

Pack of Edeka Linseneintopf

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:

  • 74 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed canned meals

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

Water, tomato pulp 23%, lentils 22% (lentils, water), pork belly 6%, smoked (pork belly, water, table salt, preservative (sodium nitrite), antioxidant (Sodium ascorbate), smoke), onions 5%, celery, carrots 2%, leek, sunflower oil, vegetable stock (iodised table salt (table salt, potassium iodide), sugar, starch, onions, sunflower oil, soy sauce (soybeans, wheat flour, table salt), table salt, leek, maltodextrin, herbs, celery, spice extract), tomato puree, mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, sugar, table salt, caramelised sugar syrup, spices), garlic, modified starch, herbs, spirit vinegar, beef stock (table salt, starch, beef extract, sugar, sunflower oil, onions, carrots, caramelised sugar, tomatoes, celery, leek, maltodextrin, parsley, garlic, spice extract), soy sauce (water, soybeans, table salt, wheat flour), sugar, spices

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

Water, 23% tomato pulp, 22% cooked lentils (lentils, water), 6% pork belly cooked, smoked (pork belly, water, table salt, preservative: sodium nitrite, antioxidant: Sodium ascorbate; smoke), 5% onions, celery, 2% carrots, leek, sunflower oil, vegetable stock granulated (iodised table salt [table salt, potassium iodide], sugar, starch, onions, sunflower oil, spices [contains celery], soy sauce powder [soybeans, wheat flour, table salt], table salt, leek, maltodextrin, herbs, celery, spice extract), tomato puree double concentrated, mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, sugar, table salt, caramelised sugar syrup, spices), garlic, modified starch, herbs, spirit vinegar, beef stock granulated (table salt, starch, beef extract, sugar, sunflower oil, onions, carrots, caramelised sugar, tomatoes, celery, leek, maltodextrin, parsley, garlic, spice extract), soy sauce (water, soybeans, table salt, wheat flour), sugar, spices.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
8 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 227 canned meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 167th. 69% of the canned meals 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 227 canned meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4311501651636, last edited 25 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.