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Is Paxo Potato Rosti Cakes To Plate 20 Minutes Red On ultra-processed?

Rostis Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed rostis

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 40%, Breadcrumbs (Rice Flour, Dextrose, Vegetable Fibre, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Potato Starch, Red Onion 7%, Dried Onion, Sa Yeast Extract Powder, Herbs 0.5%, Black Pepper

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Dried Potato (40%), Breadcrumbs (Rice Flour, Dextrose, Vegetable Fibre, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids)), Potato Starch, Dried Red Onion (7%), Dried Onion, Sa Yeast Extract Powder, Dried Herbs (0.5%), Ground Black Pepper.

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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 rostis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 67% of the rostis 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 9 rostis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354923661, last edited 3 September 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.