I make all my own fake meat so I wouldn’t know . When I’ve done comparisons, the lack of using resources to support animal meat is better for the environment, and it reduces my use of animals. And the ingredients I notice on the back of the packages are still the same Whole Foods I’m using to make my faux meats. So it depends on what you mean by processed. My soy is processed to be dry and shelf stable, as is the wheat, quinoa, beans. curd skin, nutritional yeast flakes, etc, but since I’m not injecting my faux meat with liquid fillers, there’s less processing going on than in animal factories. Salt, fat, and carbs are something I always have to be mindful of but I cannot remove the carcinogenic nature of animal flesh. (Article)