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Is Hi tempura Tempura Seaweed Original flavour ultra-processed?

40 g Dried nori seaweeds Sold in the United Kingdom, Australia and France

Pack of Hi tempura Tempura Seaweed Original flavour

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
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dried nori seaweeds

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

Tempura mix flour 40% (wheat flour, modified tapioca starch, egg white powder, salt, sugar), rice bran oil (rice bran oil, rosemary extract), seaweed 20% (Pyropia spp), tempura classic flavour seasoning (sugar, spices (garlic, onion), hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, seaweed flako 0.4%, e627, e631)

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Tempura mix flour 40% (wheat flour, modified tapioca starch, egg white powder, salt, sugar), rice bran oil (rice bran oil, rosemary extract), seaweed (Pyropia spp) 20%, tempura classic flavour seasoning [sugar, spices (garlic, onion), hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, seaweed flako 0.4%, flavour enhancer (E627, E631)].

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 dried nori seaweeds

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 8% of the dried nori seaweeds 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 13 dried nori seaweeds, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8858702401265, last edited 30 September 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.