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Is Healthy boy brand thin soy Soja sauce ultra-processed?

700ml Soy sauces Sold in Australia, France and Germany

Pack of Healthy boy brand thin soy Soja sauce

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed soy sauces

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 25.4%, Soy Bean 25%, Wheat 25%, Salt 18%, Sugar 6.3%, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate 0.15% (e621)), Disodium 5'- Inosinate (e631), Disodium 5'- Guanylate 0.05% (e627), Preservative (Sodium Benzoate (e211)), Color (e150), Flavouring (Soy Sauce Flavour), Contains "Soy bean, Wheat"

Additives: E150 Caramel , E211 Sodium benzoate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Water 25.4%, Defatted Soy Bean 25.0%, Wheat 25.0%, Salt 18.0%, Sugar 6.3%, Flavour Enhancers Monosodium Glutamate (E621) 0.15%, Disodium 5'- Inosinate (E631) and Disodium 5'- Guanylate (E627) 0.05%, Preservative Sodium Benzoate (E211) 0.1%, Color (E150), Flavouring : Soy Sauce Flavour Contains "Soy bean, Wheat"

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.

  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 soy sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 93rd. 60% of the soy sauces 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 94 soy sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8850206011025, last edited 21 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.