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Is Quorn Vegetarian spinach and red pepper slices ultra-processed?

100g Prepared meat cuts substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Quorn Vegetarian spinach and red pepper slices

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 2 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 60%, Low Fat Soft Cheese, Free Range Egg White, Milk Proteins, Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Green Pesto (Basil Paste (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Italian Style Hard Cheese, Garlic Purée), Flavourings (Colour (Iron Oxide)), Wheat Flour, Red Peppers, Preservatives (Lactic Acid, Potassium Sorbate)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Mycoprotein 60%, Low Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Milk Proteins, Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Green Pesto (Basil Paste (Basil, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Italian Style Hard Cheese (Milk), Garlic Purée), Flavourings (Colour (Iron Oxide)), Wheat Flour, Dried Red Peppers, Preservatives (Lactic Acid, Potassium Sorbate).

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 100% of the prepared meat cuts substitutes 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 18 prepared meat cuts substitutes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503032475, last edited 19 June 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.