Is La Vie Plant-Based Bacon smoked ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 7 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rehydrated soy proteins 81%, sunflower oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), lycopene (ultra-processing marker), potassium acetates
Additives: E160d Lycopene , E163 Anthocyanins , E261 Potassium acetate
As written on the pack
Rehydrated soy proteins 81%, sunflower oil, salt, natural flavourings, colours (anthocyanins, lycopene), acidity regulator (potassium acetates)
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.
- E160d Lycopene Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 11 bacon substitutes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the bacon substitutes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3770018078168, last edited 24 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.