Is Richmond Meat-Free Roast Chicken Style Slices 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
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat (ultra-processing marker), Pea Protein 41% (Water, Wheat Protein, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Wheat Flour (ultra-processing marker), Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Pea Protein, Water, Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Wheat Protein, Chickpea Protein, Gelling Agents (ultra-processing marker) (Carrageenan (ultra-processing marker), Konjac Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Oat Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Soya Protein, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Starch (processing marker), Onion, Barley Yeast Extract, Sugar (processing marker), Shiitake Mushroom, Bay
Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E425 Konjac , E425i Konjac gum
As written on the pack
Rehydrated Textured Wheat and Pea Protein 41% (Water, Wheat Protein, Wheat Starch, Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Pea Protein), Water, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Wheat Protein, Chickpea Protein, Gelling Agents (Carrageenan, Konjac Gum), Oat Fibre, Soya Protein, Natural Flavourings, Salt, Starch, Onion Powder, Barley Yeast Extract, Sugar, Shiitake Mushroom Powder, Bay powder.
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E425 Konjac 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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.
- Wheat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 512 meat analogues
From least to most processed, this one ranks 382nd. 80% of the meat analogues here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057624797019, 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.