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Is Quorn Emmental Escalopes ultra-processed?

220 g Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Quorn Emmental Escalopes

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

mycoprotein 41%, cheese sauce 18%, emmental cheese (emmental cheese, potato starch), medium fat soft cheese (medium fat soft cheese, modified starch, sea salt), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), rapeseed oil, free range egg white, wheat starch, milk proteins, natural flavouring, durum wheat semolina, calcium chloride, calcium acetate

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E263 Calcium acetate , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

mycoprotein (41%), cheese sauce (18%) emmental cheese (milk), (emmental cheese (milk), anticaking agent: potato starch), medium fat soft cheese (milk), (medium fat soft cheese (milk), modified starch, sea salt)], wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), rapeseed oil, rehydrated free range egg white, wheat starch, milk proteins, natural flavouring, durum wheat semolina, firming agents: calcium chloride, calcium acetate

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 298th. 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.

All 511 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503009859, last edited 21 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.