Is Full of Goodness Jamie Oliver lovely lentils ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Lentils 50% (Water, Lentils), Vegetables 29% (Carrots, Spinach, Celery, Red Onion), Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Red Wine Vinegar, Potato Flakes (Potato, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and glycerides of fatty acids)), Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper, Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E570 Fatty acids
As written on the pack
Pre-cooked Lentils (50%) (Water, Lentils), Vegetables (29%) (Carrots, Spinach, Celery, Red Onion), Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Natural Flavourings (contains Celery), Red Wine Vinegar, Potato Flakes (Potato, Emulsifier: Mono-and glycerides of fatty acids), Salt, Ground Black Pepper, Thickener (Xanthan Gum)
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5030101022286, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.