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Is Kallø Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes ultra-processed?

88g Vegetable bouillon cubes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Kallø Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed dehydrated broths

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

Sea salt, potato starch, sustainable palm oil, sugar, vegetables 6.8% (celery, onion, carrot, parsnip, tomato), sunflower oil, yeast extract, caramelised sugar, herbs, spices (lovage, turmeric, parsley, black pepper)

As written on the pack

Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables* 6.8% (celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*), sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* and spices* (lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients ALLERGEN ADVICE: See ingredient list

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.
  • 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 10 vegetable bouillon cubes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 90% of the vegetable bouillon cubes 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 10 vegetable bouillon cubes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5013665112273, last edited 24 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.