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Is Tesco Broccoli & Tomato Quiche ultra-processed?

Lorraine quiche Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Broccoli & Tomato Quiche

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Semi Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Egg, Broccoli 11%, Tomato 10%, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Palm Oil, Cornflour, Double Cream, Maize Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Sugar, Tomato Purée, Salt, Garlic Purée, Smoked Paprika, Oregano, Thyme, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Nutmeg

As written on the pack

Semi Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Pasteurised Egg, Broccoli (11%), Tomato (10%), Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Palm Oil, Cornflour, Double Cream (Milk), Maize Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Sugar, Tomato Purée, Salt, Garlic Purée, Smoked Paprika, Oregano, Thyme, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Nutmeg.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 12 lorraine quiche

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 42% of the lorraine quiche 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 12 lorraine quiche, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054269107517, last edited 19 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.