Is Vivera Plant beef strips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vegetable Protein 81% (Water, Soya Protein 14%, Wheat Protein 3%), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Methylcellulose (ultra-processing marker)), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Vinegar, Starch (processing marker) (Wheat), Modified Starch (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Onion, Wheat Fibres (ultra-processing marker), Garlic, Water, Spices, Salt (processing marker), Vitamins, Minerals (Vitamin B12, Iron)
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E461 Methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
Hydrated Vegetable Protein 81% (Water, Soya Protein 14%, Wheat Protein 3%)), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Thickener (Methylcellulose), Natural Flavourings, Vinegar, Starch (Wheat), Modified Starch, Caramelized Sugar, Onion Powder, Wheat Fibres, Garlic Powder, Water, Spices, Salt, Vitamins and Minerals (Vitamin B12, Iron).
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
- 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.
- 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.
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 511 meat analogues
From least to most processed, this one ranks 369th. 80% of the meat analogues here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8718300861437, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.