Is Inspired Cuisine (Aldi) Carrot & Swede Mash ultra-processed?

450 g Mashed vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed mashed vegetables

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

potato 42%, carrot 35%, swede 12%, Whole Milk, salted butter (processing marker) 4% (Butter, Salt (processing marker)), Single Cream, Salt (processing marker), White Pepper

As written on the pack

POTATO (42%), CARROT (35%), SWEDE (12%), Whole Milk, SALTED BUTTER (4%) (Butter (Milk), Salt), Single Cream (Milk), Salt, White 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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 mashed vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 25% of the mashed vegetables 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 16 mashed vegetables, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462480720, last edited 9 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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.