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Is Maika Foods Llc Maika, Color Full Mix Multi Veggie Burgers ultra-processed?

300 g Frozen vegetables Sold in the United States and Mexico

Pack of Maika Foods Llc Maika, Color Full Mix Multi Veggie Burgers

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen vegetables

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

Carrots, corn, canola oil, cauliflower, rice, broccoli, green beans, water, onions, red bell peppers, spinach, parsnips, potato flakes, cellulose gum, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, dill, garlic, white pepper, dextrose

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Carrots, corn, expeller pressed canola oil, cauliflower, rice, broccoli, green beans, water, onions, red bell peppers, spinach, parsnips, potato flakes, modified cellulose gum, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, dill, garlic, white pepper, dextrose.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.

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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 frozen vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 110th. 19% of the frozen vegetables 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 115 frozen vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0869774000131, last edited 13 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.