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Is Quorn Chicken & Bacon Lattice 2 Pack ultra-processed?

300g Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Quorn Chicken & Bacon Lattice 2 Pack

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:

  • 73 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meat analogues

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

Pastry 44% (Wheat Flour (contains added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Palm Oil, Salt, Butter, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids)), Quorn™ Meat Free Chicken Pieces 12% (Mycoprotein™, Free Range Egg White, Flavouring, Firming Agents (Calcium Chloride), Calcium Acetate), Quorn™ Meat Free Bacon Lardons 7% (Mycoprotein™, Free Range Egg White, Palm Oil, Flavourings (contains Smoke Flavouring, Colour (Iron Oxide)), Salt, Barley Malt), Milk, Cream, Glaze (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Proteins, Sugar), White Wine, Cheddar Cheese, Cornflour, Parsley Crumb Topping (Breadcrumb (Wheat Flour, Olive Oil, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Salt, Sugar), Cheese Powder, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Parsley), Flavouring, Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Butter, Vegetable Bouillon (Salt, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Onion, Potato Starch, Nutmeg, Sunflower Oil, White Pepper, Turmeric, Citric Acid, Lovage), Stabiliser (Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose), Salt, Black Pepper, product 17%, Residual Alcohol less than 1%

Additives: E263 Calcium acetate , E330 Citric acid , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Pastry (44%) [Wheat Flour (contains added Calcium, Iron, Niacin & Thiamine), Water, Palm Oil, Salt, Butter (Milk), Emulsifier: Mono - & Diglycerides of Fatty Acids], Quorn™ Meat Free Chicken Pieces (12%) [Mycoprotein™*, Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Flavouring, Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate], Quorn™ Meat Free Bacon Lardons (7%) [Mycoprotein™*, Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Palm Oil, Flavourings (contains Smoke Flavouring, Colour: Iron Oxide), Salt, Roasted Barley Malt Extract], Milk, Cream (Milk), Glaze [Water, Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Proteins, Sugar], White Wine (Sulphites), Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Cornflour, Parsley Crumb Topping [Breadcrumb (Wheat Flour, Olive Oil, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Salt, Sugar), Cheese Powder (Milk), Sunflower Oil, Salt, Parsley], Flavouring, Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Butter (Milk), Vegetable Bouillon [Salt, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Potato Starch, Nutmeg, Sunflower Oil, White Pepper, Turmeric, Citric Acid, Lovage Extract], Stabiliser: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Salt, Black Pepper, *17% of product, Residual Alcohol less than 1%

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.

  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
6 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 399th. 80% of the meat analogues 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503028461, 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.