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Is Macro Wholefoods Market Veggie Burgers ultra-processed?

440 grams Vegetarian hamburgers Sold in Australia

Pack of Macro Wholefoods Market Veggie Burgers

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed meat alternatives

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

Mixed Vegetables 54% (Potato, Pumpkin, Carrot, Cabbage, Capsicum, Celery, Corn, Kale, Onion), Chickpeas 13%, Lentils 13%, Quinoa 9%, Rice Flour, Canola Oil, Cornflour, Herbs and Spices, Stock, Garlic, Salt, Natural Preservative (Nisin), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E234 Nisin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Mixed Vegetables (54%) (Potato, Pumpkin, Carrot, Cabbage, Capsicum, Celery, Corn, Kale, Onion), Chickpeas (13%), Lentils (13%), Quinoa (9%), Rice Flour, Canola Oil, Cornflour, Herbs & Spices, Stock Powder, Garlic, Salt, Natural Preservative (Nisin), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 vegetarian hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 71% of the vegetarian hamburgers 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 21 vegetarian hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9339687368945, last edited 25 September 2025), 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.