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Is Quorn Finely sliced ham ultra-processed?

120g Ham substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Quorn Finely sliced ham

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

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 28%, Water, Wheat Gluten, Rapeseed Oil, Seasoning (Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Yeast, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil), Bamboo Fibre, Potato Starch, Natural Flavouring, Flavouring, Rice Starch, Basil extract, Concentrate (Sweet Potato, Carrot), Tapioca Starch, Salt, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Corn Flour, Thyme Oil (Sunflower Oil, Thyme)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein (28%), Water, Wheat Gluten, Rapeseed Oil, Seasoning (Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Dried Yeast, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil), Bamboo Fibre, Potato Starch, Natural Flavouring & Flavouring, Rice Starch, Basil extract, Concentrate (Sweet Potato and Carrot), Tapioca Starch, Salt, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid; Corn Flour, Thyme Oil (Sunflower Oil, Thyme).

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.

  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 ham substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the ham substitutes 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 substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503045154, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.