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Is Waitrose Plant Living No Chorizo Sausages ultra-processed?

Vegan sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Plant Living No Chorizo Sausages

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegan products

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, mushroom 19%, red pepper, onion, pea flour, palm oil, smoked paprika, tomato, pea fibre, methylcellulose, pea starch, salt, garlic purée, flavouring, yeast extract powder, rice flour, chilli, cracked black pepper, paprika extract, anthocyanins, fennel, sodium metabisulphite, Filled into sodium alginate casings, Energy k Energy k Fat of which Carbohy of which Fibre Protein Salt waitrose This pack RI=% of yo COOKING To Shall Chilled

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E163 Anthocyanins , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E461 Methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Water, mushroom (19%), roasted red pepper, onion, pea flour, palm oil (certified sustainable), smoked paprika, tomato, pea fibre, stabiliser (methylcellulose), pea starch, salt, roasted garlic purée, flavouring, yeast extract powder, rice flour, chilli flakes, cracked black pepper, colours (paprika extract, anthocyanins), ground fennel, preservative (sodium metabisulphite). Filled into sodium alginate casings. Energy k Energy k Fat of which Carbohy of which Fibre Protein Salt waitrose This pack RI=% of yo COOKING To Shall Chilled: ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.
  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • 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.

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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 vegan sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 100% of the vegan sausages 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 18 vegan sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169671474, last edited 15 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.