Is Birds Eye 4 Beef Quarter Pounders with Plant Protein and Onion ultra-processed?

Beef hamburgers Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

22 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed beef hamburgers

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

beef qvarter pounders with rehydrated pl our increr gets, Beef 55%, Behydrated Pea Protein 18%, Onion 14%, Beef Fat, Onion, Yeast Extract, Salt (processing marker), WHEAT Gluten (ultra-processing marker), WHEAT Flour, Natural Rosemary Flavouring, Spices, BARLEY Malt Extract, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, For allergens see ingredients in CAPITAL LETTERS, This pack contains 4 portions, NUTRITION INFORMATION AVERAGE VALUES Energy, kl, kcal Fat

As written on the pack

BEEF QVARTER POUNDERS WITH REHYDRATED PL OUR INCRER GETS... Beef (55%), Behydrated Pea Protein (18 %), Onion (14%), Beef Fat, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Salt, WHEAT Gluten, WHEAT Flour, Natural Rosemary Flavouring, Spices, BARLEY Malt Extract, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin. For allergens see ingredients in CAPITAL LETTERS. This pack contains 4 portions. NUTRITION INFORMATION AVERAGE VALUES Energy - kl - kcal Fat

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 beef hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 65% of the beef hamburgers here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 17 beef hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000116128198, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.