Is Squeaky Bean Tofu Slices Spinach & Basil ultra-processed?

Prepared meat cuts substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Gluten
Vegetable fiber

24 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

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

wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker) 27%, tofu 19% (soya beans, water, coagulant (magnesium chloride)), water, spinach 13%, basil 8%, sunflower oil (processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), inactive yeast, salt (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), black pepper, pea fibre (ultra-processing marker), onion, acidity regulator (lactic acid), garlic, rosemary, thyme

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

WHEAT GLUTEN (27%), TOFU (19%) (SOYA BEANS, WATER, COAGULANT: MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE), WATER, SPINACH (13%), BASIL (8%), SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVOURING, INACTIVE YEAST, SALT, DEXTROSE, ANTIOXIDANT: ASCORBIC ACID; BLACK PEPPER, PEA FIBRE, ONION, ACIDITY REGULATOR: LACTIC ACID; GARLIC, ROSEMARY, THYME.

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.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 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 5010292975271, last edited 10 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.