Is Waitrose & partners Bean burgers ultra-processed?

454 g Vegan patties Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose

26 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegan patties

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

Wheat flour, kidney beans 22% (water, kidney beans), potato 10%, sweetcorn 9%, vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower oil, rapeseed oil), water, onion, potato starch (processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), paprika, jalapeño peppers, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), smoked paprika, garlic, cumin, yeast, chilli, glucose (ultra-processing marker), cayenne pepper, tomato concentrate, spirit vinegar

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, kidney beans (22%) (water, kidney beans), potato (10%), sweetcorn (9%), vegetable oil (sunflower oil, rapeseed oil), water, onion, potato starch, rice starch, paprika, jalapeño peppers, salt, sugar, smoked paprika, garlic powder, cumin, yeast, chilli, glucose, cayenne pepper, tomato concentrate, spirit vinegar.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 vegan patties

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 83% of the vegan patties 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 23 vegan patties, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169614846, 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.