Is Granovita Vegetable Pate ultra-processed?

125g Yeast extract spreads Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed salted spreads

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

water, onion 18.6%, non-hydrogenated palm fat, nutritional yeast 12.4%, potato starch (processing marker), yeast extract 0.7%, sea salt (processing marker), spices 0.05% (nutmeg, clove), herbs 0.03% (thyme)

As written on the pack

water, onion (18.6%), non-hydrogenated palm fat, nutritional yeast (12.4%), potato starch, yeast extract (0.7%), sea salt, spices (0.05%) (nutmeg; clove), herbs (0.03%) (thyme).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 23 yeast extract spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 57% of the yeast extract spreads 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 23 yeast extract spreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5022569091027, last edited 25 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.