Is Edgy veggie Seitan kebab ultra-processed?

250g Meat analogues Sold in Sweden and Finland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Gluten

24 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat analogues

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

Seitan (Vatten, Vetegluten (ultra-processing marker), Havregryn, Lökpulver, Vitlökspulver, Paprika, Salt (processing marker)), Kryddor (salt (processing marker), ingefära, paprika, chili, spiskummin, oregano, svartpeppar, timjan, kryddnejlika, kummin, cayennepeppar, muskotnöt, druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), potatisflingor, potatisstärkelse (processing marker))

As written on the pack

Seitan (Vatten, Vetegluten, Havregryn, Lökpulver, Vitlökspulver, Paprikapulver, Salt), Kryddor (salt, ingefära, paprikapulver, chilipulver, spiskummin, oregano, svartpeppar, timjan, kryddnejlika, kummin, cayennepeppar, muskotnöt, druvsocker, potatisflingor, potatisstärkelse)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

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.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 172nd. 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.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350122280082, last edited 28 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.