Is Tofoo Katsu ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Tofu 81% (Water, Soya Beans, Nigari), Water, Wheat Flour (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Coriander, Cumin, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Turmeric, Salt (processing marker), White Pepper, Yeast, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Black Pepper, Cardamom, Clove, Dehydrated Onion, Fenugreek, Garlic, Ginger, Paprika, Spice Extract, Acid (Lactic Acid), Wheat, Antioxidant (Flour Treatment Agent)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid
As written on the pack
Tofu (81%) (Water, Soya Beans, Nigari), Water, Wheat Flour (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Starch, Sugar, Coriander, Cumin, Wheat Gluten, Turmeric, Salt, White Pepper, Yeast, Natural Flavouring, Sunflower Oil, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Clove, Dehydrated Onion, Fenugreek, Garlic, Ginger, Paprika, Spice Extract, Acid (Lactic Acid), Wheat, Antioxidant (Flour Treatment Agent).
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5034467002234, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.