No — Tesco Summer Edition Green Pea Falafel is not ultra-processed.
The ingredients are primarily whole foods (peas, beans, vegetables, herbs, spices) plus basic culinary and baking ingredients (wheat flour, rapeseed oil, salt, yeast, standard raising agents, and vitamin/mineral fortification of the flour). There are no industrially processed additives (no emulsifiers, stabilizers, artificial sweeteners, flavourings, or refined industrial syrups). Therefore, under the given NOVA guidance, this would not be classified as ultra-processed.
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No — Tesco Summer Edition Green Pea Falafel by Tesco is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). The ingredients are primarily whole foods (peas, beans, vegetables, herbs, spices) plus basic culinary and baking ingredients (wheat flour, rapeseed oil, salt, yeast, standard raising agents, and vitamin/mineral fortification of the flour). There are no industrially processed additives (no emulsifiers, stabilizers, artificial sweeteners, flavourings, or refined industrial syrups). Therefore, under the given NOVA guidance, this would not be classified as ultra-processed.
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.