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Is Waitrose Sweet Potato Falafels ultra-processed?

192g Falafels Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Sweet Potato Falafels

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat alternatives

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

Gram flour, rapeseed oil, onion, potato, carrot, sweet potato 11%, chickpeas, rice flour, currants 4%, coriander, red chilli purée, cumin, lemon zest, salt, coriander, garlic purée, extra virgin olive oil, tomato purée, concentrated lemon juice, allspice, black pepper, paprika, mint

As written on the pack

Gram flour, rapeseed oil, onion, potato, carrot, sweet potato (11%), chickpeas, rice flour, currants (4%), coriander, red chilli purée, ground cumin, lemon zest, salt, ground coriander, garlic purée, extra virgin olive oil, tomato purée, concentrated lemon juice, ground allspice, ground black pepper, ground paprika, dried mint

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 45 falafels

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 42% of the falafels 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 45 falafels, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169602140, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.