Is Tesco No-lamb minted koftas ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 40 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Pea Protein 16%, Rapeseed Oil, Stabiliser (Methyl Cellulose (ultra-processing marker)), Bamboo Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Shea Fat (processing marker), Rice Flour, Coriander, Garlic, Coconut Oil (processing marker), Mint, Chickpea Flour, Barley Malt Extract, Yeast, Potato, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Jalapeño Chilli, White Pepper, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Parsley, Onion, Yeast Extract, Cornflour, Fruit, Vegetable, Plant concentrates (hibiscus, black carrot, peach, orange), paprika, garlic, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), ferric diphosphate, zinc oxide, vitamin B12
Additives: E461 Methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
Water, Pea Protein 16%, Rapeseed Oil, Stabiliser (Methyl Cellulose), Bamboo Fibre, Shea Fat, Rice Flour, Coriander, Garlic, Coconut Oil, Mint, Chickpea Flour, Barley Malt Extract, Yeast, Dried Potato, Flavourings, Sea Salt, Sugar, Jalapeño Chilli, White Pepper, Maltodextrin, Salt, Parsley, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Cornflour, Fruit, Vegetable and Plant concentrates (hibiscus, black carrot, peach, orange), paprika, garlic powder, dextrose, ferric diphosphate, zinc oxide, vitamin B12.
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.
- E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 511 meat analogues
From least to most processed, this one ranks 363rd. 80% of the meat analogues here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697707384, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.