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Is Squeaky Bean NYC Deli Pastrami Style Slices ultra-processed?

90g Prepared meat cuts substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Squeaky Bean NYC Deli Pastrami Style Slices

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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

water, wheat gluten 33%, chickpea flour, sunflower oil, iodised salt (sea salt, potassium iodate 0.007%), beetroot powder, natural flavouring, durum wheat flour, inactive yeast, dextrose, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), soya sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, sea salt), spices (black pepper, sweet paprika), herbs (chives, rosemary), garlic

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

WATER, WHEAT GLUTEN (33%), CHICKPEA FLOUR, SUNFLOWER OIL, IODISED SALT (SEA SALT, POTASSIUM IODATE (0.007%)), BEETROOT POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOURING, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, INACTIVE YEAST, DEXTROSE, ANTIOXIDANT: ASCORBIC ACID; SOYA SAUCE (WATER, SOYA BEANS, WHOLEGRAIN WHEAT, SEA SALT), SPICES (BLACK PEPPER, SWEET PAPRIKA), DRIED HERBS (CHIVES, ROSEMARY), GARLIC 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.

  • 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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the prepared meat cuts substitutes 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 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010292963094, last edited 30 April 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.