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Is Strong Roots The Kale & Quinoa ultra-processed?

300 g Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom and Australia

Pack of Strong Roots The Kale & Quinoa

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Curly kale 18%, quinoa 13% (Water, Quinoa), Water, Crumb (spelt flour, quinoa, Sunflower oil, Salt, Yeast), Sunflower oil, Potatoes, Carrots, onions (Onions, Rapeseed oil), soya beans, Potato flakes, wheat flour, Vegetable stock (Salt, Maltodextrin, Spices, Rapeseed oil), soy sauce (Water, Salt, soya beans, wheat), iodised Salt (Salt, Potassium iodide), Curry powder, Garlic powder, Ground ginger, Black pepper

Additives: potassium iodide

As written on the pack

Curly kale 18%, Precooked quinoa 13% (Water, Quinoa), Water, Crumb (SPELT FLOUR, Puffed quinoa, Sunflower oil, Salt, Yeast), Sunflower oil, Potatoes, Carrots, Roasted onions (Onions, Rapeseed oil), SOYA BEANS, Potato flakes, WHEAT FLOUR, Vegetable stock (Salt, Maltodextrin, Spices, Rapeseed oil), SOY SAUCE (Water, Salt, SOYA BEANS, WHEAT), iodised Salt (Salt, Potassium iodide), Curry powder, Garlic powder, Ground ginger, Black pepper.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 146th. 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 5391528181056, last edited 13 July 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.