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Is Freshona Mexican Style Stir Fry Veg Mix ultra-processed?

750 g Mixed vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 3 more countries

Pack of Freshona Mexican Style Stir Fry Veg Mix

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed mixed vegetables

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

Peppers 28% (Red, Orange), Green Beans 20%, Onion, Sweetcorn 13%, Kidney Beans 13% (Water, Kidney Beans), Vegetable Fats (Palm, Coconut), Tomato Purée, Salt, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Spices, Sugar, Garlic, Lactose, Vegetable Stock (Carrots, Onions, Leek, Salt, Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil), Chillies, Spirit Vinegar, Vegetable (Onion, Leek), Herbs

As written on the pack

28% Peppers (Red, Orange), 20% Green Beans, Onion, 13% Sweetcorn, 13% Cooked Kidney Beans (Water, Kidney Beans), Vegetable Fats (Palm, Coconut), Tomato Purée, Salt, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Spices, Sugar, Garlic, Lactose (Milk), Vegetable Stock (Carrots, Onions, Leek, Salt, Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil), Chillies, Spirit Vinegar, Vegetable Powder (Onion, Leek), Herbs.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 56 mixed vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 48th. 20% of the mixed vegetables 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 56 mixed vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20068196, last edited 17 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.