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Is Heroically Herby Roasted Tomato and Pesto Quiche ultra-processed?

Quiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Heroically Herby Roasted Tomato and Pesto Quiche

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Sautéed Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mature Cheddar Cheese, Free-Range Whole Egg, Tomato 8% (Cherry Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Garlic, Oregano), Pesto 6% (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Medium Fat Hard Cheese), Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oilt, Rapeseed Oil), Butter, Spelt Flour, Skimmed Milk, Spinach, Cornflour, Sunblush® Tomatade, Double Cream, Emmental Cheese, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Poppy Seeds, Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, Mustard, Olive Oil, Yeast

As written on the pack

Water, Sautéed Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (10%), Free-Range Whole Egg, Marinated Tomato (8%) (Cherry Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Garlic, Oregano), Pesto (6%) (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk)), Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oilt, Rapeseed Oil), Butter (Milk), Spelt Flour, Dried Skimmed Milk, Spinach, Cornflour, Sunblush® Tomatade, Double Cream (Milk), Emmental Cheese (Milk), Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Poppy Seeds, Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, Mustard Powder, Olive Oil, Yeast

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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 quiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 47% of the quiches 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 43 quiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136252549, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.