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Is Tuno Mayo ultra-processed?

Meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tuno Mayo

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins

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

textured soya protein 50%, water, soya oil, rice vinegar, sugar, rice flour, yeast extract, natural onion flavouring, salt, xanthan gum, non-dairy creamer (maltodextrin, sunflower oil, flavouring, dextrose), black pepper, dha algal oil

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

TEXTURED SOYA PROTEIN (50%), WATER, SOYA OIL, RICE VINEGAR, SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL ONION FLAVOURING, SALT, THICKENER (XANTHAN GUM), NON-DAIRY CREAMER (MALTODEXTRIN, SUNFLOWER OIL, FLAVOURING, DEXTROSE), BLACK PEPPER, DHA ALGAL OIL.

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.

  • 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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 89% of the meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins 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 27 meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 1230000037136, last edited 22 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.