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Is Squeaky Bean Smoked salmon styke slices ultra-processed?

Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Squeaky Bean Smoked salmon styke 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, modified starch 5%, trehalose, thickeners (carrageenan), konjac, locust bean gum, rice flour 1.5%, rice protein 1%, preservative (sodium acetate), rapeseed oil 1%, salt, paprika, carrot concentrate, paprika, beetroot juice concentrate, natural flavourings, citrus fibres, maize starch, oil from the microalgae schizochytrium sp, firming agent (potassium chloride)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E220 Sulphur dioxide , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E425 Konjac

As written on the pack

WATER, MODIFIED STARCH (5%), TREHALOSE*, THICKENERS: CARRAGEENAN, KONJAC (CONTAINS: SULPHUR DIOXIDE), LOCUST BEAN GUM; RICE FLOUR (1.5%), RICE PROTEIN (1%), PRESERVATIVE: SODIUM ACETATE; RAPESEED OIL (1%), SALT, PAPRIKA CONCENTRATE, CARROT CONCENTRATE, PAPRIKA JUICE CONCENTRATE, BEETROOT JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOURINGS, CITRUS FIBRES, MAIZE STARCH, OIL FROM THE MICROALGAE SCHIZOCHYTRIUM SP., FIRMING AGENT: POTASSIUM CHLORIDE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN TRACES OF EGG, LUPIN, MUSTARD, CELERY, MILK AND SOYA.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • 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.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 480th. 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 5010292971839, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.