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Is Sainsbury's taste the difference Greek inspired whipped fetta salad ultra-processed?

Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's taste the difference Greek inspired whipped fetta salad

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Bulgur Wheat, Cows' Milk, Sheep's Milk, Goats' Milk, Rapeseed Oil, Water, White Wine Vinegar, Egg, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Sugar, Salt, Spinach, Lemon Juice, Cucumber, Olive Oil, Parsley, Mint, Dill, Chive, Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Honey, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Black Pepper, Nutmeg

As written on the pack

Water, Bulgur Wheat, Cows' Milk, Sheep's Milk, Goats' Milk, Rapeseed Oil, Water, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Sugar, Salt, Spinach, Lemon Juice, Cucumber, Olive Oil, Parsley, Mint, Dill, Chive, Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Honey, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Black Pepper, Nutmeg.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00494588, last edited 5 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.