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Is Quality Fast Foods Ham and Cheese Sandwich on White ultra-processed?

142 g Ham and cheese sandwiches Sold in Canada

Pack of Quality Fast Foods Ham and Cheese Sandwich on White

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:

  • 4 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

White bread, Cooked ham, Mild cheddar cheese, Margarine

As written on the pack

White bread, Cooked ham, Mild cheddar cheese, Margarine

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 ham and cheese sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 88% of the ham and cheese sandwiches 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 8 ham and cheese sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0058578379141, last edited 1 April 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.