Is Tesco Beef stock ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 21 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Yeast Extract, Beef, Beef Fat, Salt (processing marker), Beef Extract, Tomato Concentrate, Tomato, Carrot Concentrate, Black Pepper, Tomato Paste, Onion, Carrot, Sugar (processing marker), Fennel, Cornflour, Mushroom, Red Wine, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Onion, Onion Extract
As written on the pack
Water, Yeast Extract, Beef, Beef Fat. Salt, Beef Extract, Tomato Concentrate. Tomato Extract, Carrot Concentrate, Black Pepper, Tomato Paste, Onion, Carrot, Sugar, Fennel, Cornflour, Mushroom Concentrate, Red Wine Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Onion Powder, Onion Extract.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053947492624, 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.