Is Knorr Beef Gravy Pot ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
beef stock (beef extract, water), corn starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (contain wheat, barley), beef fat 3.5%, barley malt extract, yeast extract, gelling agents (ultra-processing marker) (xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), gellan gum (ultra-processing marker)), onion, spices (paprika, pepper), sunflower oil (processing marker), palm fat, herbs for b (thyme, bay leaves), per
Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E418 Gellan gum
As written on the pack
beef stock (beef extract, water)(40%), corn starch, salt, sugar, flavourings (contain wheat and barley), beef fat (3,5%), barley malt extract, yeast extract, gelling agents (xanthan gum, locust bean gum, gellan gum), onion juice concentrate, spices (paprika, pepper), sunflower oil, palm fat, herbs for b (thyme, bay leaves), per 100g
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.
- E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
4 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8711200503896, 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.