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Is Higgidy Smoked English Bacon Quiche ultra-processed?

400g Lorraine quiche Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Smoked English Bacon 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Bacon Lardons 13% (Pork, Water, Salt, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Mature Cheddar Cheese, Free Range Whole Egg, Sautéed Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Spelt Flour (Wheat), Skimmed Milk, Butter, Cornflour, Double Cream, Parsley, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Poppy Seeds, Salt, Mustard Powder, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Bacon Lardons (13%) (Pork, Water, Salt, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (11%), Free Range Whole Egg, Sautéed Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oil*, Rapeseed Oil), Spelt Flour (Wheat), Dried Skimmed Milk, Butter (Milk), Cornflour, Double Cream (Milk), Parsley, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Poppy Seeds, Salt, Mustard Powder, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika

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.

Culinary ingredients

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

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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 12 lorraine quiche

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 42% of the lorraine quiche 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 12 lorraine quiche, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136250170, last edited 14 September 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.