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Is Mardi gold Instant vegetable stock cubes ultra-processed?

84 g Vegetable broths Sold in the United Kingdom, Australia and France

Pack of Mardi gold Instant vegetable stock cubes

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable broths

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

Sea salt, vegetable oils (shea butter, sunflower oil), maltodextrin (from maize), vegetables 13% (onion, carrot), spices (mace with nutmeg, turmeric, parsley, lovage leaves, bay leaves, pepper)

As written on the pack

Sea salt, vegetable oils (shea butter, sunflower oil), maltodextrin (from maize), vegetables (onion, carrot) 13%, spices (mace with nutmeg, turmeric, parsley, lovage leaves, bay leaves, pepper).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 60 vegetable broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 65% of the vegetable broths 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 60 vegetable broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5016084504582, last edited 19 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.