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Is Woolworths Liquid Vegetable Stock ultra-processed?

1 l Vegetable broths Sold in Australia and New Zealand

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed vegetable broths

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

vegetable stock 95% (water, onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes, leek, garlic, parsley, peppercorns, bay leaf, salt, yeast extract), vegetable pre-mix (maltodextrin (from tapioca, corn), salt, vegetable powders (onion, sweet corn, garlic), sugar, vegetable extract (chinese cabbage, dextrin, salt), natural flavours, yeast extract, natural colours (caramel i, turmeric), bay leaf, black pepper)

Additives: E1400 Dextrin

As written on the pack

reconstituted vegetable stock (95%) (water, onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes, leek, garlic, parsley, peppercorns, bay leaf, salt, yeast extract), vegetable pre-mix (maltodextrin (from tapioca or corn), salt, vegetable powders (onion, sweet corn, garlic), sugar, vegetable extract powder (chinese cabbage extract, dextrin, salt), natural flavours, yeast extract, natural colours (caramel i, turmeric), bay leaf, black pepper).

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 60 vegetable broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 65% of the vegetable broths 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 60 vegetable broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300633988302, last edited 31 October 2024), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.