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Is Tesco Roast Potatoes (Frozen) ultra-processed?

100g Potatoes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Roast Potatoes (Frozen)

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed potatoes

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

Potato 95%, Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Potato Dextrin, Salt, Dextrose, Turmeric, Warning Plastic bags can be dangerous, To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this bag away from babies and small children, OUR PROMISE of the We make every effort to ensure our products are best possible quality, That's why we are happy to refund and replace any Tesco product which doesn't live up to your expectations, Just ask any member of staff, This does not affect your statutory rights, For more information please visit tesco.com alp

Additives: E1400 Dextrin

As written on the pack

Potato (95%), Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Potato Dextrin, Salt, Dextrose, Turmeric. Suitable for vegans Warning Plastic bags can be dangerous. To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this bag away from babies and small children. OUR PROMISE of the We make every effort to ensure our products are best possible quality. That's why we are happy to refund or replace any Tesco product which doesn't live up to your expectations. Just ask any member of staff. This does not affect your statutory rights. For more information please visit tesco.com alp

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 74 potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 45% of the potatoes 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 74 potatoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054402150851, last edited 29 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.