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Is Marmite Reduced Salt ultra-processed?

250 g Yeast extract spreads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marmite Reduced Salt

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed yeast extract spreads

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

yeast extract, salt, vegetable juice, vitamins, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin b12, folic acid, natural flavouring

As written on the pack

yeast extract (contains barley, wheat oats, rye), salt, vegetable juice concentrate, vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin b12 and folic acid), natural flavouring (contains celery)

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 yeast extract spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 57% of the yeast extract spreads 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 23 yeast extract spreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 87343397, last edited 12 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.