Is BirdsEye green medley ultra-processed?

300 g Frozen vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt
Starch

16 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed frozen vegetables

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

our ingredients, Mixed Vegetables 94% (Green Beans, Peas, Broccoli, Mangetout, Sugar Snap Peas), Butter (processing marker), Chives, Rice Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Garlic, Thyme, Black Pepper, For allergens see ingredients in CAPITAL LETTERS, This pack contains 2 portions

As written on the pack

OUR INGREDIENTS... Mixed Vegetables (94%) (Green Beans, Peas, Broccoli, Mangetout or Sugar Snap Peas*), Butter (MILK), Chives, Rice Starch, Salt, Garlic Powder, Thyme, Black Pepper. For allergens see ingredients in CAPITAL LETTERS. This pack contains 2 portions.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 frozen vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 20% of the frozen vegetables 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 115 frozen vegetables, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000116108428, last edited 2 June 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.