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Is Squeaky Bean Tofu Slices Red Pepper And Tomato ultra-processed?

Legumes and their products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Squeaky Bean Tofu Slices Red Pepper And Tomato

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat gluten 29%, water, tofu 20% (soya beans, water, coagulant (magnesium chloride)), sunflower oil, dried tomato 3%, tomato concentrate 2%, natural flavouring, red pepper 1%, soy sauce (water, soya beans, wheat, salt), dextrose, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (lactic acid), black pepper, pea fibre, onion, salt, garlic, oregano, red chilli pepper, paprika

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

WHEAT GLUTEN (29%), WATER, TOFU (20%) (SOYA BEANS, WATER, COAGULANT: MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE), SUNFLOWER OIL, DRIED TOMATO (3%), TOMATO CONCENTRATE (2%), NATURAL FLAVOURING, DRIED RED PEPPER (1%), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYA BEANS, WHEAT, SALT), DEXTROSE, ANTIOXIDANT: ASCORBIC ACID, ACIDITY REGULATOR: LACTIC ACID; BLACK PEPPER, PEA FIBRE, ONION, SALT, GARLIC, OREGANO, RED CHILLI PEPPER, PAPRIKA.

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.
  • 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.

  • Tofu Products in the category "Tofu" are at least group 3.
  • 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 1,285 legumes and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1249th. 37% of the legumes and their products 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 1,285 legumes and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010292975257, 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.