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Is Tesco Crab Pâté ultra-processed?

100g Pâté Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Crab Pâté

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meats and their products

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

Crab, Full Fat Soft Cheese, Single Cream, Water, Crème Fraîche, Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice, Tapioca Starch, Egg, Potato Starch, Tomato Paste, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Crab (Crustacean) (50%), Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) (11%), Single Cream (Milk), Water, Crème Fraîche (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice, Tapioca Starch, Pasteurised Egg, Potato Starch, Tomato Paste, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Black 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 Pâté

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 77% of the Pâté 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 39 Pâté, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697259289, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.