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Is Tesco Vegetable Samosas ultra-processed?

4 x 48g Vegetable samosas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Vegetable Samosas

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed vegetable samosas

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

Vegetables 44% (Potato, Peas, Carrot), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Tomato Purée, Salt, Ginger, Coriander, Cumin, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cayenne Pepper, Poppy Seed, Cumin Seed, Onion, Garam Masala, Coriander, Cinnamon Powder, Cumin, Cardamom, Clove, Fennel, Dill, Dextrose, Maize Starch, Wheat Starch

As written on the pack

Vegetables (44%) [ Potato, Peas, Carrot], Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Tomato Purée, Salt, Ginger Purée, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cayenne Pepper, Poppy Seed, Cumin Seed, Onion Seed, Garam Masala [Coriander Powder, Cinnamon Powder, Cumin Powder, Cardamom Powder, Clove Powder, Fennel, Dill), Dextrose, Maize Starch, Wheat Starch.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
4 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 vegetable samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 33% of the vegetable samosas 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 9 vegetable samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753928919, last edited 7 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.