Is Quorn Southern Fried Burgers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 35 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Mycoprotein 56%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Free Range Egg White, Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Starch (processing marker), Yeast, Firming Agents (ultra-processing marker) (Calcium Chloride), Calcium Acetate, Spices (Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Fenugreek, Nutmeg), Rice Flour, Gelling Agent (ultra-processing marker) (Pectin (ultra-processing marker)), Spice Extracts (Black Pepper, Pimento), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Fennel
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E263 Calcium acetate , E440 Pectins , E509 Calcium chloride
As written on the pack
Mycoprotein (56%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Milk Proteins, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch, Yeast, Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate; Spices (Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Fenugreek, Nutmeg), Rice Flour, Gelling Agent: Pectin; Spice Extracts (Black Pepper, Pimento), Colour: Paprika Extract; Fennel 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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- 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.
Among 512 meat analogues
From least to most processed, this one ranks 445th. 80% of the meat analogues here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503006117, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.