Is Quorn Sausage patties (meat free savoury flavour patties, made mycoprotein) ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 41 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score A
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Mycoprotein 45%, Free Range Egg White, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Flour, Stabiliser (Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker))), Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Seasoning (Yeast Extract, Salt (processing marker), Spices (White Pepper, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Coriander, Caraway Seed, Pimento, Cardamom, Mace, Ginger), Herbs (Marjoram, Sage, Bay), Potassium Chloride, Sugar (processing marker), Onion, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic, Herb, Spice Extracts (Nutmeg, Pepper, Marjoram, Ginger)), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Pea Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Barley Malt
Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E508 Potassium chloride
As written on the pack
Mycoprotein (45%), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Flour, Stabiliser: Sodium Alginate), Onions, Rapeseed Oil, Milk Proteins, Seasoning [Yeast Extract, Salt, Spices (White Pepper, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Coriander, Caraway Seed, Pimento, Cardamom, Mace, Ginger), Herbs (Marjoram, Sage, Bay), Potassium Chloride, Sugar, Onion, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic, Herb & Spice Extracts (Nutmeg, Pepper, Marjoram, Ginger)], Natural Flavourings, Pea Fibre, Tapioca Starch, Roasted Barley Malt Extract.
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.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- 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.
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.
Among 59 vegetarian patties
From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 78% of the vegetarian patties here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503029895, 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.