Is Tesco 2 Scotch Eggs ultra-processed?

227 g Eggs 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:

Vegetable fiber
E160c Paprika extract

24 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed eggs

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

Egg 37%, Pork 28%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Potato Starch (processing marker), Potato, Pork Fat, Salt (processing marker), Sugar Beet Fibre (ultra-processing marker), White Pepper, Black Pepper, Yeast Extract, Nutmeg, Sage, Marjoram, Yeast, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Egg 37%, Pork 28%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Potato Starch, Dried Potato, Pork Fat, Salt, Sugar Beet Fibre, White Pepper, Black Pepper, Yeast Extract, Nutmeg, Sage, Marjoram, Yeast, Paprika 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.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 165 eggs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 156th. 10% of the eggs 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 165 eggs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000436901884, last edited 23 July 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.