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Is This isn't bacon rashers ultra-processed?

120 g Textured vegetable protein Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of This isn't bacon rashers

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed textured vegetable protein

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

Plant-based bacon style rashers made from soya protein 29%, Water, SOYA Protein, Flavouring, Salt, Vegetable Extracts (Radish, Carrot, Paprika), Dextrin, Rapeseed Oil, Smoke Flavouring, Iron, Vitamin B12

Additives: E1400 Dextrin

As written on the pack

Plant-based bacon style rashers made from soya protein (29%). Water, SOYA Protein Concentrate, Flavouring, Salt, Vegetable Extracts (Radish, Carrot, Paprika), Dextrin, Rapeseed Oil, Smoke Flavouring, Iron, Vitamin B12.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 textured vegetable protein

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 47% of the textured vegetable protein 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 15 textured vegetable protein, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060678710057, last edited 30 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.