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Is Moroccan Spiced Falafel with Red Pepper and Apricot ultra-processed?

4 x 22 g Falafels Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Moroccan Spiced Falafel with Red Pepper and Apricot

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed meat alternatives

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

Chickpeas 49%, Red Pepper 15%, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Potato Flake, Apricots 4% (Dried Apricots, Rice Flour), Dates 3% (Dates, Rice Flour), Water, Garlic Puree (Water, Garlic), Salt, Raising Agent (Bicarbonate of Soda), Coriander, Cumin, Parsley, Cinnamon, White Pepper, Chilli

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Chickpeas' (49%), Red Pepper (15%), Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Potato Flake, Apricots (4%) (Dried Apricots', Rice Flour), Dates (3%) (Dried Dates, Rice Flour), Water, Garlic Puree (Water, Garlic Granules), Salt, Raising Agent (Bicarbonate of Soda), Ground Coriander, Ground Cumin, Parsley, Ground Cinnamon, White Pepper, Chilli Flakes.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 45 falafels

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 42% of the falafels 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 45 falafels, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5036829150614, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.