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Is Tesco Soft Cheese Stuffed Peppers ultra-processed?

145 g Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Soft Cheese Stuffed Peppers

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed appetizers

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

Red Cherry Pepper, Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Sunflower Oil, Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Oregano, Dill, Allergy A

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Red Cherry Pepper, Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Sunflower Oil, Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Oregano, Dill. Allergy A

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
5 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.

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,498 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1439th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,498 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697270901, last edited 15 July 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.