Is Freja Instant Bone Broth Classic Chicken ultra-processed?

4 x15g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Freja Instant Bone Broth Classic Chicken

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chicken Bone Broth Powder 61%, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt (processing marker)), Tomato, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Olive Oil (processing marker), Thyme, Garlic, Onion, White Pepper, Free range chickens from French farms

As written on the pack

Chicken Bone Broth Powder (61%)*, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Tomato Powder, Natural Flavouring, Sea Salt, Olive Oil, Ground Thyme, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Ground White Pepper. *Free range chickens from French farms

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060901840506, last edited 27 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.