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Is Wang Korea Fermented Soy Bean Paste ultra-processed?

500 g Legume butters Sold in the United States, Sweden and France

Pack of Wang Korea Fermented Soy Bean Paste

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed legume butters

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

Soybean, Wheat Flour, Salt, Water, Soybean Paste (Soybean, Salt, Malt), Ethyle Alcohol (Water, Sugar Cane), Hydrolyzed Wheat Portein, Malt, Sodium Polyphosphate (e452), Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (e450)

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate , E452 Polyphosphates , E452i Sodium polyphosphate

As written on the pack

Soybean, Wheat Flour, Salt, Water, Soybean Paste (Soybean, Salt, Seed Malt), Ethyle Alcohol (Water, Sugar Cane), Hydrolyzed Wheat Portein, Seed Malt, Sodium Polyphosphate (E452), Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (E450).

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E452 Polyphosphates 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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 339 legume butters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 324th. 22% of the legume butters 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 339 legume butters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0087703023611, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.