Is Vemondo vegan slices ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vatten, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), karragenan (ultra-processing marker), konjak, fruktkärnmjöl, trehalos (processing marker), rismjöl, risprotein, salt (processing marker), naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), rapsolja, paprikaoleoresin (ultra-processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), växtkoncentrat (paprika, rödbetsjuice, bockhornsklöver), citrusfiber (ultra-processing marker), stärkelse (processing marker), buffrad ättika (sprit ättika, Natriumkarbonater), solrosolja (processing marker), kaliumklorid, Trehalos bryts ner till glukos, fruktos (ultra-processing marker), Kan innehålla spår av spannmål som innehåller
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E407 Carrageenan , E500 Sodium carbonates
As written on the pack
Vatten, modifierad majsstärkelse, förtjockningsmedel (karragenan, konjak, fruktkärnmjöl), trehalos**, rismjöl, risprotein, salt, naturliga aromer, rapsolja, färgämne (paprikaoleoresin), druvsocker, växtkoncentrat och extrakt (paprikajuicekoncentrat, rödbetsjuicekoncentrat, bockhornsklöverextrakt), citrusfiber, stärkelse, buffrad ättika (sprit ättika, surhetsreglerande medel: Natriumkarbonater), solrosolja, konsistensmedel (kaliumklorid). **Trehalos bryts ner till glukos och fruktos. Kan innehålla spår av spannmål som innehåller
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 512 meat analogues
From least to most processed, this one ranks 413th. 80% of the meat analogues here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9959482356482, last edited 23 September 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.