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Is Tesco Mini vegetable samosas ultra-processed?

12 x18grm Ready to eat combination meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Mini vegetable samosas

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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vegetables 56% (pumpkin, potato, onion, carrot, peas), wheat flour, cottonseed oil, garlic, coriander leaf, ginger, salt, fully refined soya oil, sugar, black pepper, fennel seed, lemon juice, cumin seed, chat masala powder (salt, mango, pomegranate, ginger, cumin, cucumber, coriander, chilli, pepper, caraway seed, nutmeg, asafetida, mint), garam masala (green cardamom, cumin seed, black cardamom, clove, coriander seed, cinnamon stick, mace, bay leaf), turmeric powder, red chilli, cinnamon powder, including cereals containing gluten, also, recycling c carton widely recycled 216g e c bag recycle with bags at larger stores check locally kerbside tesco stores ltd, welwyn garden city al7 1ga, u.k

As written on the pack

vegetables (56%) [pumpkin, potato, onion, carrot, peas], wheat flour, cottonseed oil, garlic, coriander leaf, ginger, salt, fully refined soya oil, sugar, black pepper, fennel seed, lemon juice, cumin seed, chat masala powder [salt, mango, pomegranate, ginger, cumin, cucumber, coriander, chilli, pepper, caraway seed, nutmeg, asafetida, mint], garam masala powder [green cardamom, cumin seed, black cardamom, clove, coriander seed, cinnamon stick, mace, bay leaf], turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cinnamon powder. allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. also, may contain peanuts, nuts, and sesame seeds. suitable for vegans recycling c carton widely recycled 216g e c bag recycle with bags at larger stores check locally kerbside tesco stores ltd., welwyn garden city al7 1ga. u.k.

What makes it processed

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 8 ready to eat combination meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 50% of the ready to eat combination meals 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 8 ready to eat combination meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054268565592, last edited 7 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.