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Is Castle Maclellan Luxury Orkney Crab Terrine ultra-processed?

100 g Crustaceans Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Castle Maclellan Luxury Orkney Crab Terrine

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crustaceans

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

Crab, water, full fat soft cheese (contains cornflour), crème fraiche, rice starch, rapeseed oil, lemon juice 3%, mustard 1.5% (water, barley malt vinegar, mustard seeds, sugar, salt), potato starch, cornflour, egg yolk, olive oil, salt, tomato purée, mustard seeds, black pepper, spirit vinegar

As written on the pack

Crab (crustacean) (50%), water, full fat soft cheese (milk) (contains cornflour), crème fraiche (milk) (6%), rice starch, rapeseed oil, lemon juice (3%), mustard (1.5%) (water, barley malt vinegar, mustard seeds, sugar, salt), potato starch, cornflour, egg yolk, olive oil, salt, tomato purée, mustard seeds, black pepper, spirit vinegar.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 crustaceans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 39% of the crustaceans 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 38 crustaceans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5015096993100, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.