Is This isn't Vegan bacon ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Soya Protein 11%, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Soya Protein Isolate 4%, Dextrin (ultra-processing marker), Pea Protein Isolate 2%, Olive Oil (processing marker) 1.8%, Smoke Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Water, Acid (Citric Acid), Psyllium Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Pea Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Vegetable Extracts (Radish, Beetroot, Carrot, Paprika), Potato Starch (processing marker), Maize Starch (processing marker), Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker)), Smoked Salt (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Stabiliser (Calcium Sulphate), Iron, Vitamin B12
Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E330 Citric acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E415 Xanthan gum , E516 Calcium sulphate
As written on the pack
Water, Soya Protein Concentrate (11%), Flavouring, Soya Protein Isolate (4%), Dextrin, Pea Protein Isolate (2%), Olive Oil (1.8%), Smoke Flavouring, Salt, Smoked Water, Acid (Citric Acid), Psyllium Fibre, Pea Fibre, Vegetable Extracts (Radish, Beetroot, Carrot, Paprika), Potato Starch, Maize Starch, Thickeners (Xanthan Gum, Sodium Alginate), Smoked Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Maltodextrin, Stabiliser (Calcium Sulphate), 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.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- 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.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 11 bacon substitutes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 100% of the bacon substitutes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060678710606, last edited 11 May 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.