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Is kimchi Koftas ultra-processed?

Vegetarian sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of kimchi Koftas

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:

  • 48 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegetarian sausages

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

Red Peppers, Red Kidney Beans, Spring Onions, Carrot, Butternut Squash, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Water, kimchi 4% (Cabbage, Radish, Garlic Purée, Onion, Tamari Soya Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Ginger, Chilli, Salt, Red Bell Pepper), Rice Flour, Ginger, Red Onion, Chickpea Flour, Thickeners (Methyl Cellulose), Sodium Alginate, Bamboo Fibre, Potato Fibre, Garlic Purée, Salt, Brown Sugar (Sugar, Cane Molasses), Flavourings, Garlic, Yeast Extract, Smoked Paprika, Red Jalapeño Pepper, Black Pepper, Smoked Salt, Cornflour, Cayenne Pepper, Dextrose, Ground Ginger, ote in hold

Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E461 Methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Red Peppers, Red Kidney Beans, Spring Onions, Carrot, Grilled Butternut Squash, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Water, KIMCHI (4%) [Cabbage, Radish, Garlic Purée, Onion Purée, Tamari Soya Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Ginger Puree, Chilli Powder, Salt, Red Bell Pepper], Rice Flour, Ginger Purée, Roasted Red Onion, Chickpea Flour, Thickeners: Methyl Cellulose, Sodium Alginate; Bamboo Fibre, Potato Fibre, Roasted Garlic Purée, Salt, Brown Sugar (Sugar, Cane Molasses), Flavourings, Garlic Granules, Yeast Extract, Smoked Paprika, Red Jalapeño Pepper, Ground Black Pepper, Smoked Salt, Cornflour, Ground Cayenne Pepper, Dextrose, Ground Ginger. ote in hold

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.

  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 84 vegetarian sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 96% of the vegetarian sausages 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 84 vegetarian sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463003942, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.