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Is Kallø Very Low Salt Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes ultra-processed?

60 g Bouillon powders Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France

Pack of Kallø Very Low Salt Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes

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
  • No additives

Less processed bouillon powders

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

Potato starch, palm fat, vegetables 24% (onion, carrot, leek, celery), glucose syrup, yeast extract, herbs, spices (garlic, lovage, nutmeg, oregano, rosemary, thyme, parsley, turmeric), sea salt, lovage natural flavour

As written on the pack

Potato starch*, palm fat*, vegetables* [24%] (onion*, carrot*, leek*, celery*), glucose syrup*, yeast extract, herbs* and spices* (garlic*, lovage*, nutmeg*, oregano*, rosemary*, thyme*, parsley*, turmeric*), sea salt, lovage natural flavour. *Organic ingredient.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 bouillon powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 25% of the bouillon powders 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 12 bouillon powders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5013665103134, last edited 5 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.