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Is Quorn Garlic & Herb Fillets 2 Pack ultra-processed?

200 g e Meat analogues Sold in Ireland

Pack of Quorn Garlic & Herb Fillets 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • 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 57%, wheat flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Rehydrated Free Ranged Egg White, wheat starch, milk protein, natural flavourings, salt, yeast, firming agents, calcium chloride, calcium acetate, parsley, garlic, gelling agent, pectin, onion, black pepper, raising agent, annonium bicarbonate

Additives: E263 Calcium acetate , E440 Pectins , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein (57 %), wheat flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Rehydrated Free Ranged Egg White, wheat starch, milk protein, natural flavourings, salt, yeast, firming agents, calcium chloride, calcium acetate, parsley, garlic powder, gelling agent, pectin, onion powder, black pepper, raising agent, annonium bicarbonate.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 345th. 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 512 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503002096, last edited 2 April 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.