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Is Lightlife Smart Dogs Plant-Based Hot Dogs Canada ultra-processed?

340 g Vegan sausages Sold in Canada

Pack of Lightlife Smart Dogs Plant-Based Hot Dogs Canada

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegan products

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

Water, Soy protein isolate, Soybean oil, Sugars (raw cane sugar, sugar), Sea salts (potassium chloride, sea salt), Pea protein, Tapioca starch, Yeast extract, Natural flavour, Garlic, Sunflower oil, Glutamic acid, Xanthan gum, Carrageenan, Garlic, Guar gum, Red rice, Canola oil, Oleoresin paprika (colour), Vitamin and mineral blend (rice flour, magnesium oxide, niacinamide, zinc oxide, ferric orthophosphate, vitamins, vitamin B12, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, copper gluconate, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E620 Glutamic acid

As written on the pack

Water, Soy protein isolate, Soybean oil, Sugars (raw cane sugar, hardwood smoked sugar), Sea salts (potassium chloride, sea salt), Pea protein, Tapioca starch, Yeast extract, Natural flavour, Garlic juice concentrate, Sunflower oil, Glutamic acid, Xanthan gum, Carrageenan, Garlic powder, Guar gum, Red rice flour, Canola oil, Oleoresin paprika (colour), Vitamin and mineral blend (rice flour, magnesium oxide, niacinamide, zinc oxide, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin B12, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, copper gluconate, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid)

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E620 Glutamic acid A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 vegan sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 100% of the vegan 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 18 vegan sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0043454000370, last edited 1 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.