Is Honestly Tasty Blue plant based cheese ultra-processed?

100g Cheese substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Honestly Tasty Blue plant based cheese

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dairy substitutes

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, coconut oil (processing marker) 30%, almonds 7%, tapioca starch (processing marker), seaweed extracts, salt (processing marker), nutritional yeast, lactic acid, cultures

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

water, coconut oil (30%), almonds (7%), tapioca starch, seaweed extracts, salt, nutritional yeast, lactic acid, cultures

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 cheese substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 91% of the cheese substitutes 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 47 cheese substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060709190001, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.