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Is Naturli' Sausages Soy Based ultra-processed?

300g Textured vegetable protein Sold in the United Kingdom and Denmark

Pack of Naturli' Sausages Soy Based

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed textured vegetable protein

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

Water, soy protein 17%, rapeseed oil, onion, spices (including pepper, coriander), salt, cornstarch, garlic, tomato, apple extract, pea fiber, pea starch, natural flavouring, smoke flavouring, stabiliser (methylcellulose), colouring (iron oxide)

Additives: E461 Methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Water, SOY PROTEIN (17%), rapeseed oil, onion, spices (including pepper, coriander), salt, cornstarch, garlic, tomato, apple extract, pea fiber, pea starch, natural flavouring, smoke flavouring, stabiliser (methylcellulose), colouring (iron oxide). FREE FROM GLUTEN.

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.

  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 textured vegetable protein

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 47% of the textured vegetable protein 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 15 textured vegetable protein, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5701977000608, last edited 3 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.