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Is Vegeta Chicken Stock 200g ultra-processed?

200 g Bouillon pots Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Vegeta Chicken Stock 200g

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
  • No additives

Less processed bouillon pots

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

Salt, sugar, vegetables 11.7% (celery, onion, carrot garlic, parsley), maltodextrin, maize starch, yeast extract, spices, flavou (chicken), chicken meat 1%, vegetable fat, extra virgin olive oil 02 colour (caramel 1)

As written on the pack

Salt, sugar, dehydrated vegetables 11.7% (celery, onion, carrot garlic, parsley leaves), maltodextrin, maize starch, yeast extract, spices, flavou (chicken), dried chicken meat extract 1%, vegetable fat, extra virgin olive oil 02 colour (caramel 1).

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 34 bouillon pots

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 9322715008913, last edited 4 February 2025), 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.