Is Tesco Potato Dauphino ultra-processed?

for two, 400g Potato dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Potato Dauphino

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potato, Whole Milk, Double Cream, Water, Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Butter (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Nutmeg, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Potato, Whole Milk, Double Cream (Milk) (7%), Water, Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (4.5%), Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Butter (Milk), Salt, Nutmeg, 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.

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 48 potato dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 79% of the potato dishes 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 48 potato dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697718168, 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.