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Is Costa Cheddar and Roasted Tomato Toastie ultra-processed?

Cheese sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Costa Cheddar and Roasted Tomato Toastie

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 61 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed cheese sandwiches

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

White Bread (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Yeast, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat Protein, Emulsifiers (e471, e472e), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Palm Fat), Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato 11%, Oregano Sauce 11% (Tomato Purée, Water, Tomato, SunBlush®Tomatade® (SunBlush® Tomato, Tomato Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Olive Oil, Salt, Oregano, Sugar, Garlic), Rapeseed Oil, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Sugar, Oregano, Garlic Purée, Black Pepper), Vintage Cheddar Cheese, Bechamel Sauce (Milk, Water, Single Cream, Butter, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cornflour, ?, White Pepper, Bay Leaf), Mature Cheddar Cheese, Tomato, Potato Starch

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

White Bread (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Yeast, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat Protein, Emulsifiers (E471 and E472e), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Palm Fat), Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), Tomato and Oregano Sauce (11%) (Tomato Purée, Water, Tomato, SunBlush®Tomatade® (SunBlush® Tomato, Tomato Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Olive Oil, Salt, Oregano, Sugar, Garlic), Rapeseed Oil, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Sugar, Oregano, Garlic Purée, Black Pepper), Vintage Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (6%), Bechamel Sauce (Milk, Water, Single Cream (Milk), Butter (Milk), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Cornflour, ?, White Pepper, Ground Bay Leaf), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (5%), Tomato, Potato Starch.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

8 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 cheese sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 90% of the cheese sandwiches 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 20 cheese sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 10118870, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.