Is H&B Bombay Protein Mix ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

23 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Green Peas 31%, yellow peas 31%, fava beans 31%, seasoning 7%, spice mix (paprika, coriander, cumin, turmeric, fenugreek, cayenne pepper), onion, garlic, yeast extract, rice flour, tomato, sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), acid (citric acid), lemon oil, spice extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Roasted Green Peas (31%), roasted yellow peas (31%), roasted fava beans (31%), seasoning (7%) (spice mix (paprika, coriander, cumin, turmeric, fenugreek, cayenne pepper), onion powder, garlic powder, yeast extract, rice flour, tomato powder, sugar, salt, dextrose, acid: citric acid, lemon oil, spice extract.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059604645778, 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.