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Is Marigold Organic Vegetarian Gravy Powder ultra-processed?

110g Dehydrated sauces Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany

Pack of Marigold Organic Vegetarian Gravy Powder

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed dehydrated sauces

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

Corn starch, Rice flour, Maltodextrin, Sea salt, Vegetables (tomato, onion), Yeast extract, Chicory extract, Contains Rapeseed oil, Sunflower oil, Mushroom powder, Thickener (Guar gum), Garlic, ingredients, Made in a factory that handles egg, soya, milk, celery, mustard, sulphites, artificial preservatives, colouring (and flavouring)

As written on the pack

Corn starch*, Rice flour*, Maltodextrin*, Sea salt, Vegetables (tomato*, onion*), Yeast extract, Chicory extract*, Contains Rapeseed oil* and/or Sunflower oil*, Mushroom powder*, Thickener: Guar gum*, Garlic powder*. *Organically grown ingredients. Made in a factory that handles egg, soya, milk, celery, mustard and sulphites. Contains no artificial preservatives, colouring or flavouring.

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 dehydrated sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 96% of the dehydrated sauces 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 50 dehydrated sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5016084355184, last edited 25 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.