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Yes — Meat Free Tasty Sausages is ultra-processed.
The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains several UPF ingredients and additives, including natural flavouring, flavourings, soya protein, yeast extract, stabilisers (sodium alginate), emulsifiers/thickeners (guar gum, methyl cellulose), and refined soya bean oil. These are industrial formulations or additives characteristic of NOVA Group 4 foods.
Other meat alternatives Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Organic Super Firm Tofu
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Not UPF
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Tofuking, Tofuking (UK) Ltd
Not UPF
Craft Tofu Knots
Tofu Tasty
Not UPF
Organic Protein mice Pea & Fava
Not UPF
Black bean cashew burgers
Biona Organic
Not UPF
Middle Eastern Plant-Based Falafels
Cauldron
Not UPF
Organic Tofu, handmade and beechwood-smoked
The Tofoo Co.
Not UPF
Tempeh
The Tofoo Company
Not UPF
Räuchertofu Mandel-Sesam
taifun
Not UPF
Filets de tofu à la japonaise
Taifun
Not UPF
Yes — Meat Free Tasty Sausages by Richmond is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains several UPF ingredients and additives, including natural flavouring, flavourings, soya protein, yeast extract, stabilisers (sodium alginate), emulsifiers/thickeners (guar gum, methyl cellulose), and refined soya bean oil. These are industrial formulations or additives characteristic of NOVA Group 4 foods.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.