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Yes — Single Soya is ultra-processed.
The product is ultra-processed because the ingredient list contains industrial additives and processed ingredients including modified starch, fructose-glucose syrup (an industrial sugar syrup), emulsifiers (lecithins, sucrose esters of fatty acids), and thickeners (locust bean gum, carrageenan). These place it in the NOVA ultra-processed foods category.
Similar products that aren't ultra-processed — swap and keep the flavour.
Other plant-based dairy Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Smooth Peanut Butter
Pip & Nut
Not UPF
Crunchy Peanut Butter
Nuts About Nature
Not UPF
100% Nuts Smooth Peanut Butter
Sainsburys
Not UPF
Marmite crunchy peanut butter
Unilever,Marmite
Not UPF
Peanut Butter
Manilife
Not UPF
Crunchy peanut butter
Maribel
Not UPF
Crunchy peanut butter
Pip & Nut
Not UPF
Crunchy Peanut Butter
Meridian, Meridian Foods
Not UPF
Original Roast Crunchy Peanut Butter
ManiLife
Not UPF
crunchy peanut butter
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Yes — Single Soya by Alpro is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is ultra-processed because the ingredient list contains industrial additives and processed ingredients including modified starch, fructose-glucose syrup (an industrial sugar syrup), emulsifiers (lecithins, sucrose esters of fatty acids), and thickeners (locust bean gum, carrageenan). These place it in the NOVA ultra-processed foods category.
Nomi flags 2 ingredients in Single Soya as ultra-processed markers: modified starch, fructose-glucose syrup. See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
Nomi has reviewed similar products that are not ultra-processed, including Organic Soya Unsweetened U.H.T. by Alpro, Everyday Essentials Soya Unsweetened by Aldi, Unsweetened soya by Tesco. See the healthier alternatives above for details.
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.
