Is Crestwood Scotch Eggs ultra-processed?

Eggs 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 eggs

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

pasteurised whole f.gg 37%, pork 28%, Wheat Flour (W Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapes DE Mater Onion, Potato Starch (processing marker), Pork Fat, Sage, Salt (processing marker), Yeast Extat Dextrose, Ground Nutmeg, least, Black Pepper, White Pepper Dried Egg White Powder, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Paprika Powder, Turmeric Powder ALLERGY ADVICE

As written on the pack

PASTEURISED WHOLE F.GG (37%), PORK (28%), Wheat Flour (W Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapes DE Mater Onion, Potato Starch, Pork Fat, Sage, Salt, Yeast Extat Dextrose, Ground Nutmeg, least, Black Pepper, White Pepper Dried Egg White Powder, Wheat Gluten, Paprika Powder, Turmeric Powder ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 165 eggs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 10% of the eggs 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 165 eggs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462632228, last edited 25 August 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.