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Is Vegan Onion Gravy ultra-processed?

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Pack of Vegan Onion Gravy

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Onion 10%, Fried Onion 10% (Onion, Rapeseed Oil), Mushroom 5%, Cornflour, Vegetable Dashi 2% (Mushroom Extract, Salt, Yeast Extract, Water, Leek, White Pepper), Flavouring, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Tomato Purée, Onion, Tapioca Starch, Garlic 0.2%, Maize Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Porcini Mushroom, Thyme, Sage, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, Onion (10%), Fried Onion (10%) (Onion, Rapeseed Oil), Mushroom (5%), Cornflour, Vegetable Dashi (2%) (Mushroom Extract, Salt, Yeast Extract, Water, Leek Juice Concentrate, White Pepper), Flavouring, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Tomato Purée, Onion Powder, Tapioca Starch, Roasted Garlic (0.2%), Maize Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Porcini Mushroom Powder, Thyme, Sage, Black Pepper.

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00397506, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.