Is Vegetable Fingers ultra-processed?

Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten
Vegetable fiber

24 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues

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

carrot 22%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), sweetcorn 12%, Water, peas 11%, onion 7%, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Flakes, Potato, Salt (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Dried Wheat Sourdough, Cider Vinegar, Rye Flour, Sugar (processing marker), Pea Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Onion, White Pepper

As written on the pack

CARROT (22%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), SWEETCORN (12%), Water, PEAS (11%), ONION (7%), Rapeseed Oil, Potato Flakes, Potato, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Dried Wheat Sourdough, Cider Vinegar, Rye Flour, Sugar, Pea Fibre, Onion Powder, White Pepper.

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.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 171st. 80% of the meat analogues 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 511 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600300658, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.