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Is Plant Manu Spicy No Chicken Burgers ultra-processed?

240g Vegetarian hamburgers Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Plant Manu Spicy No Chicken Burgers

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegetarian hamburgers

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

Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Gluten, Mushroom, Fully Refined Soybean Oil, Soya Bean Meal, Soya Flour, Soya Protein Isolate, Corn Starch, Chilli 2.5%, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Cornflour, Salt, Paprika Powder, Yeast, Mustard Powder, Methyl Cellulose, Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Potassium Tartrates, Cane Sugar, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Smoke Flavouring, White Pepper, Soya Bean, Herbs and Spices, Wheat, Polysorbate 80, Riboflavins

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E336 Potassium tartrates , E433 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate , E450 Diphosphates , E461 Methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Gluten, Mushroom, Fully Refined Soybean Oil, Soya Bean Meal, Soya Flour, Soya Protein Isolate, Corn Starch, Chilli 2.5%, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Cornflour, Salt, Paprika Powder, Yeast, Mustard Powder, Thickener (Methyl Cellulose), Raising Agents (Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Potassium Tartrates), Cane Sugar, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Smoke Flavouring, White Pepper, Soya Bean, Herbs and Spices, Wheat, Emulsifier (Polysorbate 80), Colour (Riboflavins).

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E433 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate Polysorbate 80 is a synthetic emulsifier used in ice cream and some sauces to keep fats evenly dispersed.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 vegetarian hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 71% of the vegetarian hamburgers 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 21 vegetarian hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600263892, 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.