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Is Ginsters cheese and onion ultra-processed?

Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Ginsters cheese and onion

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed appetizers

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

Wheatflour (Wheat, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Potato, Vegetable Oil (Palm Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Westcountry Mature Cheddar Cheese, Onion 11%, Water, Westcountry Double Cream, Cornflour, Salt, Egg, Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, White Wine Vinegar, Honey, Mustard Flour, Salt, Mustard, Garlic, Spices), Milk, Pepper

As written on the pack

Wheatflour (Wheat, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Potato, Vegetable Oil (Palm, Rapeseed), Westcountry Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (13%), Onion (11%), Water, Westcountry Double Cream (Milk) (3%), Cornflour, Salt, Egg, Wholegrain Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, White Wine Vinegar, Honey, Mustard Flour, Salt, Mustard Bran, Garlic, Spices), Milk, Pepper.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,498 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 685th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,498 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010718306702, last edited 2 October 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.