Is Happiee Plant Based lions mane mushroom chunks ultra-processed?

Mushrooms Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Maltodextrin
Modified starch

19 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed mushrooms

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

Lion's Mane Mushroom 62%, Water, Marinade (processing marker) 6% (Sugar (processing marker), Soy Sauce, Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Soy Sauce, Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt (processing marker)), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Spices, Salt (processing marker), Anti-caking Agent (processing marker), Spice Extracts, Acidity Regulator, Citric Acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Lion's Mane Mushroom (62%), Water, Marinade (6%) [Sugar, Soy Sauce Powder (Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Maltodextrin, Soy Sauce [Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt]], Modified Maize Starch, Spices, Salt, Anti-caking Agent, Spice Extracts, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid]]

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

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.

Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 30 mushrooms

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 23% of the mushrooms 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 30 mushrooms, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5061021900194, last edited 23 April 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.