Is Tesco Scotch beef quarter pounders ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 12 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
beef quarter pounder burgers, ingredients scotch beef 86%, water, potato, rice flour, salt (processing marker), spices, preservative (processing marker) (sodium metabisulphite), yeast extract, herbs, chilli
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite
As written on the pack
beef quarter pounder burgers. ingredients scotch beef (86%), water, dried potato, rice flour, salt, spices, preservative (sodium metabisulphite), yeast extract. herbs, chilli powder. allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold. gluten free
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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
Among 17 beef hamburgers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 65% of the beef hamburgers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000358381566, last edited 13 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.