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Is Nielsen Massey Vanilla Bean Paste ultra-processed?

60ml Food additives Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nielsen Massey Vanilla Bean Paste

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
  • 2 additives

Less processed food additives

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

Sugar, Water, Vanilla Extract (Water, Ethanol, Sugar, Vanilla Bean), Vanilla Bean, Thickener (Tragacanth)

Additives: E1510 Ethanol , E413 Tragacanth

As written on the pack

Sugar, Water, Vanilla Extract (Water, Ethanol, Sugar, Vanilla Bean Extractives), Vanilla Bean Seeds, Thickener (Tragacanth)

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.

  • E413 Tragacanth 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 135 food additives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 96th. 68% of the food additives 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 135 food additives, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025638000130, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.