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Is Tofurky Plant-Based Deli Slices Hickory Smoked ultra-processed?

52 g Meat analogues Sold in the United States

Pack of Tofurky Plant-Based Deli Slices Hickory Smoked

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues

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, vital wheat gluten, tofu (water, soybeans, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride), shoyu soy sauce (water, non-genetically engineered soybeans, wheat, salt, culture), non-genetically engineered soybeans, wheat, salt, culture, non-genetically engineered expeller pressed canola oil, natural flavors, non-genetically engineered corn starch, white bean, garbanzo bean flour, lemon juice from concentrate, onion, celery, calcium lactate from beets, sea salt

As written on the pack

WATER, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, ORGANIC TOFU (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SHOYU SOY SAUCE (WATER, NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, CULTURE), NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, CULTURE), NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, NATURAL VEGETARIAN FLAVORS, NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN STARCH, WHITE BEAN FLOUR, GARBANZO BEAN FLOUR, LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, ONION, CELERY, CALCIUM LACTATE FROM BEETS, SEA SALT.

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.
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 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 173rd. 80% of the meat analogues 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025583668744, last edited 25 July 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.