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Is Sanitarium Marmite ultra-processed?

250g Yeast extract spreads Sold in Australia, New Zealand and Germany

Pack of Sanitarium Marmite

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed yeast extract spreads

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

yeast, sugar, salt, mineral (salt (potassium chloride)), colour (caramel iii), corn maltodextrin, mineral (iron), vitamins, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, vitamin b12, herbs, spices

As written on the pack

yeast , sugar, salt, mineral salt (potassium chloride), colour (caramel iii), corn maltodextrin, mineral (iron), vitamins (niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, b12), herbs, spices

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
2 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 yeast extract spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 57% of the yeast extract spreads 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 23 yeast extract spreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9414942110252, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.