Organic Better Than Bouillon Seasoned Vegetable Base

How it scored 30 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 16 listed

• 1 Mirepoix
  Classic culinary base mixture of diced onion, carrot, and celery (sometimes with herbs).
  Safe
• 2 Tomato Juice
  Liquid extracted from ripe tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), often with added salt and sometimes seasonings.
  Safe
• 3 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 4 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 5 Cane Sugar
  Sucrose (a disaccharide of glucose and fructose) crystallized from sugar cane juice; chemically identical to beet sugar.
  Moderate
• 6 Starch
  A polysaccharide carbohydrate (long chains of glucose) extracted from grains or tubers, used unmodified or modified.
  Safe
• 7 Yeast Extract
  Concentrate of soluble compounds from autolyzed Saccharomyces yeast cells; contains naturally occurring glutamates and nucleotides.
  Low
• 8 Carrot Juice
  Liquid pressed from the taproot of Daucus carota subsp. sativus (carrot).
  Safe
• 9 Concentrated Celery Juice
  Concentrated juice from celery, naturally rich in nitrate; commonly used as a 'natural' source of nitrate in cured meats.
  Low
• 10 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 11 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 12 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 13 Carrot
  Edible taproot of the Daucus carota plant.
  Safe
• 14 Celery
  Celery (Apium graveolens) is a marshland plant used as a vegetable.
  Low
• 15 Tomato Concentrate
  Concentrated tomato product made by removing water from tomato juice/pulp; includes paste and puree.
  Safe
• 16 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe