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Is Quorn Mozzarella & Pesto Escalopes ultra-processed?

240g Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Quorn Mozzarella & Pesto 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 6 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 37%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Modified Starch, Sea Salt), Free Range Egg White, Mozzarella Cheese (Mozzarella Cheese, Potato Starch), Wheat Starch, Milk Proteins, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Pesto 0.5% (Sunflower Oil, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Garlic, Salt), Durum Wheat Semolina, Yeast, Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate, Pectin, Ammonium Carbonate

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E263 Calcium acetate , E440 Pectins , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein (37%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (10%) (Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Modified Starch, Sea Salt), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Mozzarella Cheese (Milk) (9%) (Mozzarella Cheese (Milk), Anti-caking Agent: Potato Starch), Wheat Starch, Milk Proteins, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Pesto (0.5%) [Sunflower Oil, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Garlic, Salt], Durum Wheat Semolina, Yeast, Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate; Gelling Agent: Pectin; Raising Agent: Ammonium Carbonate.

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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.
5 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 512 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 360th. 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 5019503014013, last edited 5 September 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.