Is Quorn 8 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:
- 33 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed vegetarian sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Mycoprotein 41%, Free Range Egg White, Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Palm Vegetable Oils), Rusk (processing marker) (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Yeast, Salt (processing marker)), Onion, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Casing (Calcium Alginate (ultra-processing marker)), Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Flour, Stabiliser (Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker))), Firming Agents (ultra-processing marker) (Calcium Chloride), Calcium Acetate, Seasoning, Herbs (Sage, Parsley), Rapeseed Oill Pea Fibre, Barley Malt, Natural Caramelised Sugar
Additives: E263 Calcium acetate , E401 Sodium alginate , E404 Calcium alginate , E509 Calcium chloride
As written on the pack
Mycoprotein (41%), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Palm), Rusk [Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Yeast, Salt], Onion, Natural Flavouring, Casing (Calcium Alginate), Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Flour, Stabiliser: Sodium Alginate), Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate; Seasoning [Herbs (Sage, Parsley), Rapeseed Oill Pea Fibre. 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.
- 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.
- Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Among 84 vegetarian sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 96% of the vegetarian sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503018110, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.