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Is Vecon Vegetable Stock ultra-processed?

225g Bouillon pots Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Vecon Vegetable Stock

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed broths

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

Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Water, Vegetable Powders 9% (Celery, Onion, Garlic, Spinach), Yeast Extract, Tomato, Parsley, Vegetable Extracts (Carrot, Red pepper), Salt, Seaweed, Rapeseed Oil, Niacin, Beta-carotene, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin C, Black Pepper, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Vitamin B12

As written on the pack

Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Water. Vegetable Powders (9%) (Celery. Onion, Garlic, Spinach), Yeast Extract, Tomato Powder, Parsley. Vegetable Extracts (Carrot, Red pepper), Salt, Seaweed Powder. Rapeseed Oil, Niacin, Beta-carotene, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin C, Ground Black Pepper. Riboflavin, Thiamin, Vitamin B12.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 34 bouillon pots

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 88% of the bouillon pots 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 34 bouillon pots, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5014284003003, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.