Is Findus Simply Green Thai Veggie Bite ultra-processed?

450 g Frozen plant-based foods Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Milk proteins
E170 Calcium carbonates
E450 Diphosphates

31 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed frozen plant-based foods

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

Kokta kikärter 44%, mannagryn (av vete), lök, olja, paprika, persilja, kokosmjölk, sesamfrö, stärkelse (processing marker), vitlök, curry pasta (röd chili, citrongräs, salt (processing marker), thai chili, galanga, limeblad, fänkål, koriander), bakpulver (e450 (ultra-processing marker), e500, e170 (ultra-processing marker)), limeblad, salt (processing marker), spiskummin, vetemjöl, rismjöl, majsmjöl, mjölkprotein (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Kokta kikärter 44%, mannagryn (av vete), lök, vegetabilisk olja, paprika, persilja, kokosmjölkpulver, sesamfrö, stärkelse, vitlök, curry pasta (röd chili, citrongräs, salt, thai chili, galanga, limeblad, fänkål, koriander), bakpulver (E450, E500, E170), limeblad, salt, spiskummin, vetemjöl, rismjöl, majsmjöl, mjölkprotein.

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.

E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

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 228 frozen plant-based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 196th. 31% of the frozen plant-based foods 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 228 frozen plant-based foods, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310500094403, last edited 2 April 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.