Is Tesco 18 savoury eggs ultra-processed?

Bread crumbs Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E160c Paprika extract

28 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed bread crumbs

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

Pork 40%, Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Water, Egg 12%, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Salt (processing marker), Potato Starch (processing marker), Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar (processing marker), White Pepper, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Nutmeg, Pork Fat, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Pepper Extract, Marjoram, Dried Marjoram, Dried Sage, Yeast, Sage

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Pork (40%), Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Pasteurised Egg (12%), Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Salt, Potato Starch, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, White Pepper, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Nutmeg, Pork Fat, Paprika Extract, Pepper Extract, Marjoram Extract, Dried Marjoram, Dried Sage, Yeast, Sage 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.

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.

Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
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 37 bread crumbs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 54% of the bread crumbs 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 37 bread crumbs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052320979493, last edited 25 September 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.