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Is Higgidy Spinach & Roasted Tomato VEGAN Quiche ultra-processed?

380g Quiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Spinach & Roasted Tomato VEGAN 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:

  • 57 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed quiches

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

oat drink (water, oats, rapeseed oil, sea salt), wheat flour (contains calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sautéed onion (onions, rapeseed oil), water, sunblush tomatade (sunblush® tomatoes, tomato concentrate, rapeseed oil, olive oil, salt, oregano, sugar, garlic), spinach 11%, vegetable oils (sustainable palm oil, rapeseed oil), spelt flour (wheat), tomato 5% (cherry tomatoes, sunflower oil, salt, garlic, oregano), food preparation with palm oil (water, sustainable palm oil, modified potato starch, salt, colour (beta carotene)), cornflour, salt, brown linseeds, golden linseeds, wheat flour, parsley, poppy seeds, lemon juice, millet, black pepper, sea salt, paprika, cayenne pepper, yeast oven allergens (for allergens inclu)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene

As written on the pack

oat drink (water, oats, rapeseed oil, sea salt), wheat flour (contains calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sautéed onion (onions, rapeseed oil), water, sunblush tomatade (sunblush® tomatoes, tomato concentrate, rapeseed oil, olive oil, salt, oregano, sugar, garlic), spinach (11%), vegetable oils (sustainable palm oil*, rapeseed oil), spelt flour (wheat), marinated tomato (5%) (cherry tomatoes, sunflower oil, salt, garlic, oregano), food preparation with palm oil* (water, sustainable palm oil*, modified potato starch, salt, colour: beta carotene), cornflour, salt, brown linseeds, golden linseeds, wheat flour, parsley, poppy seeds, lemon juice, millet, black pepper, smoked sea salt, paprika, cayenne pepper, yeast oven allergens: for allergens inclu

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 quiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 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 5060136254352, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.