Is Tesco Broccoli cheese ultra-processed?

450g Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt
Cheese

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Broccoli 42%, Semi Skimmed Milk, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Whole Milk, Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Cornflour, Onion, Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Butter (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Mustard, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Broccoli (42%), Semi Skimmed Milk, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (6%), Whole Milk, Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (2.5%), Cornflour, Onion, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin. Thiamin), Butter (Milk), Salt, Mustard Powder, Ground White Pepper.

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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545619971, 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.