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Is Quorn Sweet Chilli Mini Fillets ultra-processed?

138g Meat analogues Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Quorn Sweet Chilli Mini Fillets

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 4 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 86%, Sweet Chilli Marinade 7% (Water, Sugar, Garlic, Spices (Ginger, Cayenne Chilli, Chilli), Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Tomato, Chilli, Lemon Juice, Onion, Maize Starch, Citric Acid, Dried Garlic, Coriander Leaf, Natural Flavouring, Stabiliser (Guar Gum), Lemon Oil, Lemongrass Oil), Free Range Egg White, Natural Flavouring, Firming Agents (Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate)

Additives: E263 Calcium acetate , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein 86%, Sweet Chilli Marinade 7%(Water, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Spices(Ginger, Cayenne Chilli, Chilli Powder), Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Tomato Powder, Chilli Flakes, Lemon Juice Powder, Onion Powder, Maize Starch, Citric Acid, Dried Garlic, Coriander Leaf, Natural Flavouring, Stabiliser(Guar Gum), Lemon Oil, Lemongrass Oil), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Natural Flavouring, Firming Agents(Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate)

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 259th. 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 511 meat analogues, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503047707, 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.