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Is Just egg ultra-processed?

500g Egg substitutes Sold in Ireland and Canada

Pack of Just egg

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed egg 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, Mung bean protein, canola oil, Salt, Tetrasodium pyrophosphate, Sugars (tapioca syrup, maltodextrin, sugar), Potassium citrate, Nisin, Carotene, Gellan gum, Dehydrated onion, Turmeric, Transglutaminase

Additives: E234 Nisin , E418 Gellan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Water, Mung bean protein, Expeller-pressed canola oil, Salt, Tetrasodium pyrophosphate, Sugars (tapioca syrup solids, maltodextrin, sugar), Potassium citrate, Nisin, Carotene, Gellan gum, Dehydrated onion, Turmeric, Transglutaminase.

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.

  • E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
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

Among 9 egg substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 67% of the egg 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 9 egg substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0191011001299, last edited 1 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.