Is Marigold Vegan bouillon. Reduced salt ultra-processed?

150g Dehydrated vegetable bouillons Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Vegetable oil

24 ingredients
No additives

Less processed dried plant-based foods

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

Starch (processing marker) (potato, corn), Hydrolysed vegetable protein (containing Soya), Sea salt (processing marker), Vegetables 15% (parsnip, onion, sweet potato, potato, carrot, leek), Vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower Vegetable oil, rapeseed Vegetable oil), Celery seeds, Parsley, Turmeric, White pepper, Garlic, Mace, Lovage, Nutmeg

As written on the pack

Starch (potato, corn), Hydrolysed vegetable protein (containing Soya), Sea salt, Vegetables 15% (parsnip, onion, sweet potato, potato, carrot, leek), Vegetable oil (sunflower, rapeseed), Celery seeds, Parsley, 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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 dehydrated vegetable bouillons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 65% of the dehydrated vegetable bouillons 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 20 dehydrated vegetable bouillons, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5016084293660, last edited 13 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.