Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Sainsbury's Quinoa, Sweet Potato And Lentils Burgers ultra-processed?

350 g Vegetarian patties Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Quinoa, Sweet Potato And Lentils Burgers

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegetarian patties

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

Quinoa 17%, Sweet Potato 17%, Courgette, Onion, Bulgur Wheat 9%, Red Peppers, Potato, Soya Bean, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Garlic, Salt, Turmeric, Yeast Extract, Coriander, Dextrose, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cassia, Dill

As written on the pack

Quinoa (17%), Sweet Potato (17%), Courgette, Onion, Bulgur Wheat (9%), Red Peppers, Dried Potato, Soya Bean, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils: Sunflower, Rapeseed; Garlic, Salt, Turmeric, Yeast Extract, Coriander, Dextrose, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cassia, Dill.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
2 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 vegetarian patties

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 78% of the vegetarian patties 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 59 vegetarian patties, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00178358, 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.