Is Plant Menu Meat-Free Mince ultra-processed?

Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed meat analogues

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

Rehydrated Textured 𝐒𝐨𝐲𝐚 Protein 96%, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast Extract, Malted 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 Extract, Onion, Garlic, Cornflour, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), White Pepper

As written on the pack

Rehydrated Textured 𝐒𝐨𝐲𝐚 Protein (96%), Rapeseed Oil, Yeast Extract, Malted 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 Extract, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Cornflour, Dextrose, Salt, White Pepper.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 160th. 80% of the meat analogues 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600465371, last edited 5 June 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.