Is Quorn 20 Cocktail Sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 43 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed vegetarian sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Mycoprotein 29%, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Flour, Wheat Protein, Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker)), Free Range Egg White, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Rusk (processing marker) (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate (ultra-processing marker), Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Salt (processing marker)), Casing (Calcium Alginate (ultra-processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Seasoning (Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Extract, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate (ultra-processing marker), Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Spice Extracts (Coriander, Pepper, Nutmeg), Salt (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Ascorbic Acid), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate, Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), Barley Malt, Natural Caramelised Sugar
Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E202 Potassium sorbate , E263 Calcium acetate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E404 Calcium alginate , E509 Calcium chloride
As written on the pack
Mycoprotein 29%, Textured Wheat Protein(Wheat Flour, Wheat Protein, Stabiliser: Sodium Alginate), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Rusk(Wheat Flour(Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Salt), Casing(Calcium Alginate, Flavouring), Seasoning(Dextrose, Yeast Extract, Wheat Flour(Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Spice Extracts(Coriander, Pepper, Nutmeg), Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Antioxidant(Ascorbic Acid)), Natural Flavouring, Milk Proteins, Firming Agents(Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate), Preservative(Potassium Sorbate), Roasted Barley Malt Extract, Natural Caramelised Sugar
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.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E404 Calcium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Among 84 vegetarian sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 96% of the vegetarian sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503047578, last edited 9 September 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.