Is Plant Menu No Pork Sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed vegetarian sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, pea protein 13%, Shea Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil (processing marker), Methyl Cellulose (ultra-processing marker), Potato Flake, Bamboo Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Rice Flour, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Chickpea Flour, Sea Salt (processing marker), White Pepper, Sugar (processing marker), Cornflour, Ground Ginger, Dried Sage, Yeast Extract, Beetroot Red (ultra-processing marker), Mace, Ground Nutmeg, Dried Thyme, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Cayenne Pepper, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Citrates, Onion Powder, Rosemary Extract, Filled into Vegetable Based Casings (Calcium Alginate (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E331 Sodium citrates , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E404 Calcium alginate , E461 Methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
Water, PEA PROTEIN (13%), Shea Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil, Thickener: Methyl Cellulose; Potato Flake, Bamboo Fibre, Rice Flour, Flavouring, Chickpea Flour, Sea Salt, White Pepper, Sugar, Cornflour, Ground Ginger, Dried Sage, Yeast Extract, Colour: Beetroot Red; Ground Mace, Ground Nutmeg, Dried Thyme, Dextrose, Cayenne Pepper, Antioxidants: Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Citrates; Onion Powder, Rosemary Extract. Filled into Vegetable Based Casings (Calcium Alginate). DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegans. No artificial colours or flavourings.
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.
- E162 Beetroot red 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.
- E404 Calcium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
5 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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 84 vegetarian sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 96% of the vegetarian sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600559766, last edited 2 September 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.