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Is Tesco Cheddar and Onion Quiche ultra-processed?

Quiches Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Cheddar and Onion Quiche

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed quiches

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

Semi Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Egg, Onion 10%, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Red Leicester Cheese (Annatto Norbixin), Palm Oil, Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Cornflour, Double Cream, Maize Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Chive, Salt, White Pepper, Nutmeg, including cereals containing gluten, STORAGE Keep refrigerated

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin

As written on the pack

Semi Skimmed Milk, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Pasteurised Egg, Onion (10%), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (8%), Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (7%), Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour: Annatto Norbixin) (Milk), Palm Oil, Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Cornflour, Double Cream (Milk), Maize Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Chive, Salt, White Pepper, Nutmeg. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians STORAGE Keep refrigerated.

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
3 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 quiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 47% of the quiches 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 43 quiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054269107470, last edited 18 June 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.