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Is Three Threes (333) Mighty Mite ultra-processed?

290 g Yeast extract spreads Sold in Australia

Pack of Three Threes (333) Mighty Mite

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed yeast extract spreads

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, Bakers Yeast Extract, Potato Maltodextrin, Thickener (14, From Tapioca), White Vinegar, Sugar, Mineral (Salts, 508), 509, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Emulsifier (471), Salt, Colour (150d), Antioxidant (300), Vegetable Extract, Niacin, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folate, Vitamin B12

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E508 Potassium chloride , E509 Calcium chloride

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

Water, Bakers Yeast Extract, Potato Maltodextrin, Thickener (14) (From Tapioca), White Vinegar, Sugar, Mineral Salts (508, 509), Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Emulsifier (471), Salt, Colour (150D), Antioxidant (300), Vegetable Extract, Niacin, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folate, 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.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 yeast extract spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 57% of the yeast extract spreads 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 23 yeast extract spreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310480333477, last edited 2 March 2025), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.