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Is Wicked Kitchen Jalapeno Griller Patty ultra-processed?

Vegetarian patties Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Wicked Kitchen Jalapeno Griller Patty

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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegetarian 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

Water, Green Jalapeño Peppers, Palm Oil, Red Pepper, Pea Protein, Textured Pea Protein, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Coconut Oil, Modified Starch, Methyl Cellulose, Red Bell Pepper, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Natural Flavourings, Red Chilli Purée Colours (Beetroot Red), Plain Caramel, Carotenes, White Pepper, Maize Starch, Sugar, Sage, Garlic Powder, Mace, Acetic Acid, Coriander, Paprika, Olive, Smoke Flavouring, Dextrose, Ground Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Ground Ginger, Rapeseed Oil, Calcium Chloride, Vitamin B12

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150a Plain caramel , E160a Carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E260 Acetic acid , E461 Methyl cellulose , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Water, Green Jalapeño Peppers, Palm Oil, Red Pepper, Pea Protein, Textured Pea Protein, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Coconut Oil, Modified Starch, Stabiliser: Methyl Cellulose; Red Bell Pepper, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Natural Flavourings, Red Chilli Purée Colours: Beetroot Red, Plain Caramel, Carotenes; Ground White Pepper, Maize Starch, Sugar, Sage Leaves, Garlic Powder, Ground Mace, Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid; Ground Coriander, Ground Paprika, Olive Extract, Smoke Flavouring, Dextrose, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Ginger, Rapeseed Oil, Firming Agent: Calcium Chloride; Vitamin B12

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.
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E162 Beetroot red 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.
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  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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 59 vegetarian patties

From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 78% of the vegetarian 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 59 vegetarian patties, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056684900230, last edited 5 September 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.