Is Young’s Young's Gastro Calamari ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 12 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Squid Rings 40%, Water, Maize Starch (processing marker), Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Raising Agents (Diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Riboflavin (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Squid Rings 40% (Mollusc), Water, Maize Starch, Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Raising Agents (Diphosphates, Sodium Bicarbonate), Flavourings, Colour (Riboflavin).
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.
- E101 Riboflavin 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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- 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.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 49 frozen fishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 78% of the frozen fishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000205040561, last edited 31 July 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.