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Is Mari Gold Swiss Vegetable Vegan Bouillon Powder ultra-processed?

500g Bouillon powders Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Mari Gold Swiss Vegetable Vegan Bouillon Powder

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed bouillon powders

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

Potato starch, Hydrolysed vegetable protein (soya, maize), Sea salt, Vegetables 15% (onion, parsnip, sweet potato, potato, leek, carrot), Maize starch, Parsley, Celery seed, Turmeric, White pepper, Garlic, Mace, Lovage, Nutmeg

As written on the pack

Potato starch, Hydrolysed vegetable protein (soya, maize), Sea salt, Vegetables 15% (onion, parsnip, sweet potato, potato, leek, carrot), Maize starch, Parsley, Celery seed, Turmeric, White pepper, Garlic, Mace, Lovage, Nutmeg.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 bouillon powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 25% of the bouillon powders 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 12 bouillon powders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5016084811277, last edited 1 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.