Is Tofurky Plant-Based Sausage Italian ultra-processed?

13 oz Vegetarian sausages Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

20 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegetarian sausages

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

tofu (water, soybeans, magnesium chloride, calcium chioride), vital wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), non-gmo canola oil, water, soy sauce (processing marker) (water, non-gmo soybeans, wheat, salt (processing marker), culture), soy flour, sun dried tomatoes, basil, garlic, sea salt (processing marker), spices

As written on the pack

ORGANIC TOFU (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM CHIORIDE) VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN. EXPELLER PRESSED NON-GMO CANOLA OIL, WATER, SOY SAUCE (WATER, NON-GMO SOYBEANS, WHEAT , SALT, CULTURE). ORGANIC SOY FLOUR, SUN DRIED TOMATOES, BASIL, GRANULATED GARLIC, SEA SALT, SPICES.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

2 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.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 84 vegetarian sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 96% of the vegetarian sausages 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 84 vegetarian sausages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025583006027, last edited 29 August 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.