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Is Jamie Oliver Super tomato and olive quinoa ultra-processed?

250g Plant-based meals Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Jamie Oliver Super tomato and olive quinoa

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat 42% (Water, Wheat), Quinoa 27% (Water, White Ouinoa, Red Quinoa), Brown Rice 10%, Tomatoes 8%, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Black Olive Tapenade 2.6% (Black Oil (Olives Oil, Olive Oil), Water, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Basil, Black Pepper, Paprika, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Pre-soaked Dried Tomatoes 2.4% (Water, Dried Tomatoes, Salt), Fennel 2%, Salt, Sugar, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Pre-cooked Wheat (42%) (Water, Wheat), Pre-cooked Quinoa (27%) (Water, White Ouinoa, Red Quinoa), Brown Rice (10%), Tomatoes (8%), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Black Olive Tapenade (2.6%) (Black Olives, Olive Oil, Water, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Basil, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Paprika, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Pre-soaked Dried Tomatoes (2.4%) (Water, Dried Tomatoes, Salt), Fennel (2%), Salt, Sugar, Ground Black 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 65 plant-based meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 49% of the plant-based meals 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 65 plant-based meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5030101022279, last edited 13 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.