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Is Higgidy Mature Cheddar & Crispy Chilli Oil Quiche ultra-processed?

155g Quiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Mature Cheddar & Crispy Chilli Oil Quiche

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

Whole Milk, Wheat Flour, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Onions, Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Red Peppers, Free-Range Whole Egg, Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Olive Oil), Cannellini Beans, Spelt Flour (Wheat), Spring Onions, Crispy Chilli Oil 2% (Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Chilli, Sugar, Onions, Paprika, Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Dried Porcini Mushrooms, Chilli, Sustainable Palm Oil, Salt, Yeast), Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour (Beta Carotene)), Butternut Squash, Cornflour, Slow-Roasted Red Peppers, Salt, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Potato Starch, Poppy Seeds, Tomato Concentrate, Paprika, Chilli, Yeast, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Sugar *Wheat Flour (with Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B1)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate

As written on the pack

Rehydrated Whole Milk, Wheat Flour*, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (13%), Onions, Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Red Peppers, Free-Range Whole Egg, Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oil*, Rapeseed Oil, Olive Oil), Cannellini Beans, Wholemeal Spelt Flour (Wheat), Spring Onions, Crispy Chilli Oil (2%) (Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Crushed Chilli Flakes, Sugar, Onions, Paprika, Wheat Flour*, Smoked Sea Salt, Dried Porcini Mushrooms, Chilli Powder, Sustainable Palm Oil**, Salt, Yeast), Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour: Beta Carotene) (Milk), Butternut Squash Purée, Cornflour, Slow-Roasted Red Peppers, Salt, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Potato Starch, Poppy Seeds, Tomato Concentrate, Paprika, Chilli Powder, Yeast, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic Powder, Sugar *Wheat Flour (with Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B1)

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 quiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 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 5060136256387, last edited 25 May 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.