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Is The Meatless Farm Company Meat free burger ultra-processed?

227 grams Vegetarian patties Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Meatless Farm Company Meat free burger

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegetarian patties

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, Pea Protein 19%, Rapeseed Oil, Shea Oil, Thickener (Methyl Cellulose), Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Pea Fibre, Yeast Extracts, Carrot Concentrate, Vegetable, Fruit Extracts (Beetroot, Radish, Tomato), Natural Flavourings, Potato Fibre, Potato Starch, Salt, Black Pepper, Carrot Concentrate, Water, Acidity Regulator (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E461 Methyl cellulose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Vegetable fat.

As written on the pack

Water, Pea Protein (19%), Rapeseed Oil, Shea Oil, Thickener: Methyl Cellulose, Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Pea Fibre, Yeast Extracts, Caramelised Carrot Concentrate, Vegetable and Fruit Extracts (Beetroot, Radish, Tomato), Natural Flavourings, Potato Fibre, Potato Starch, Salt, Ground Black Pepper, Carrot Concentrate, Smoked Water, Acidity Regulator: Ascorbic Acid.

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.

  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 vegetarian patties

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 78% of the vegetarian patties 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 59 vegetarian patties, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060626400375, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.