Is Coop Mixed olives with feta in a herb dressing ultra-processed?

150 g Olives Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil
Cheese

19 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed olives

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

Ingredients Mixed Olives 72% (Green Olives, Black Olives, Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulators (Citric acid, Lactic acid), Red Wine Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Antioxidant (Ascorbic acid)), Feta Cheese (processing marker) (Ewe, Goats Milk), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Parsley, Oregano

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Ingredients Mixed Olives (72%) (Green Olives, Black Olives, Salt, Acidity Regulators (Citric acid, Lactic acid), Red Wine Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Antioxidant (Ascorbic acid)), Feta Cheese (Ewe & Goats Milk) (15%), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Parsley, Oregano

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 123 olives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 107th. 11% of the olives 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 123 olives, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128971935, 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.