Is Tesco Spanish Style Tortilla ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 10 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potato 48%, Egg, Onion 17% (Onion, Brown Sugar (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Olive Oil (processing marker)
As written on the pack
Potato 48%, Pasteurised Egg, Caramelised Onion 17% (Onion, Brown Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Sunflower Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Olive Oil
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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.
Among 15 spanish omelettes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 7% of the spanish omelettes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697714801, 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.