Is Violife Just Like Mature Cheddar Slices ultra-processed?

200 g Sliced cheese substitutes Sold in Sweden and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30)

10 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed cheese substitutes

Brixton Blue Vegan Cheese La Fauxmagerie 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Blue plant based cheese Honestly Tasty 9 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Rigotta I Am Nut Ok 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Mozzarella Low Moisture Part-Skim Shredded Sprouts Farmers Market 8 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3

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

Water, Coconut oil (processing marker), Starch potato, Seasalt without iodine, Natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), Olive green, Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (ultra-processing marker) (c 30), e160e (ultra-processing marker), Vitamin B12

Additives: E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30)

As written on the pack

Water boiled, Coconut oil, Starch potato, Seasalt without iodine, Natural flavors, Olive green, Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (c 30) E160e, Vitamin B12

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.

E160e Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30) Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 sliced cheese substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 100% of the sliced cheese substitutes 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 9 sliced cheese substitutes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5202390016912, last edited 7 July 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.