Is Morrisons Parmigiano reggiano cheese & garlic twists ultra-processed?

100 g 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
Sugar
Cheese

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat flour, Butter (processing marker), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (processing marker), skimmed milk, Salt (processing marker), Garlic, Yeast, Black pepper, Barley malt flour, Sugar (processing marker), Chive, including cereals containing gluten, Nutrition Typical values per 100g per twist (approx), Energy 2112kJ

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, Butter (milk) (28%), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (milk) (11%), Dried skimmed milk, Salt, Garlic powder, Yeast, Black pepper, Barley malt flour, Sugar, Chive. ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Nutrition Typical values per 100g per twist (approx. 8g) Energy 2112kJ/

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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251953036, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.