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Is Yutaka Mellow yellow miso soup paste ultra-processed?

50g Miso soup Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Yutaka Mellow yellow miso soup 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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed miso soup

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

White miso paste 57% (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Water, Red miso paste 14% (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Alcohol, Wakame seaweed 2.2%, Kelp (Kelp, Sugar syrup, Alcohol, Salt, Thickener (Xanthan gum)), Yeast extract, Sugar, Salt, Soy sauce (Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt), Bonito powder

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

White miso paste 57% (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Water, Red miso paste 14% (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Alcohol, Wakame seaweed 2.2%, Kelp extract (Kelp, Sugar syrup, Alcohol, Salt, Thickener (Xanthan gum)), Yeast extract, Sugar, Salt, Soy sauce (Water, Wheat (Gluten), Soybeans, Salt), Bonito powder (Fish).

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 miso soup

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 45% of the miso soup 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 11 miso soup, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5014276701023, last edited 17 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.