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Is The Tofoo Co. Stir Fry ultra-processed?

Legumes and their products Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of The Tofoo Co. Stir Fry

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:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tofu 90% (Tofu (Water, Soya Beans, Nigari), Onion, Yeast, Maltodextrin, Ground Ginger, Garlic, Salt, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Potato Starch, Vegetable Stock (Salt, Flavouring, Maltodextrin, Onion, Tomato, Sugar, Carrot Extract, Yeast Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Herbs, Spices, Garlic), Mushroom Powder, Flavouring, White Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Onion Extract, Turmeric, Bay, Dried Rubbed Parsley Leaf), Mushroom Stir Fry Sauce 10%, Water, Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soya beans, Salt, Corn Starch), Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt, Water), Colour (Plain Caramel), Shiitake Mushroom 0.3%

Additives: E150a Plain caramel

As written on the pack

Seasoned Tofu (90%) (Tofu (Water, Soya Beans, Nigari), Onion Powder, Yeast Flakes, Maltodextrin, Ground Ginger, Garlic Powder, Salt, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Potato Starch, Vegetable Stock Powder (Salt, Flavouring, Maltodextrin, Onion, Tomato, Sugar, Carrot Extract, Yeast Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Herbs, Spices, Garlic), Mushroom Powder, Flavouring, Ground White Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Onion Extract, Ground Turmeric, Dried Bay Leaves, Dried Rubbed Parsley Leaf). Mushroom Stir Fry Sauce (10%) (Water, Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soya beans, Salt, Corn Starch), Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt, Water), Colour (Plain Caramel), Dried Shiitake Mushroom (0.3%).

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
5 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Tofu Products in the category "Tofu" are at least group 3.
  • 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 1242nd. 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 5034467002371, last edited 20 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.