Is Tesco Vintage Cheddar and Caramelised Onion Quiche ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 42 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Skimmed Milk, Vintage Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Egg, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Caramelised Balsamic Red Onions 11% (Red Onion, Demerara Sugar (processing marker), Water, Balsamic Vinegar (Wine Vinegar, Grape Must, Antioxidant (Potassium Metabisulphite), Preservative (processing marker)), Sugar (processing marker), Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Black Pepper), Onion, Double Cream, Fromage Frais, Cornflour, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker), Butter (processing marker), Palm Oil, Maize Flour, Chive, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), White Pepper, Nutmeg, including cereals containing gluten, VSuitable for OUR PROMISE We make every effort to ensure our products are of the 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 We are here to help
Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E224 Potassium metabisulphite
As written on the pack
Skimmed Milk, Vintage Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (15%), Pasteurised Egg, Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Caramelised Balsamic Red Onions (11%) [Red Onion, Demerara Sugar, Water, Balsamic Vinegar (Wine Vinegar, Grape Must Concentrate, Antioxidant (Potassium Metabisulphite), Preservative (Sulphur Dioxide)), Sugar, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Black Pepper], Onion, Double Cream (Milk), Fromage Frais (Milk), Cornflour, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Butter (Milk), Palm Oil, Maize Flour, Chive, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, White Pepper, Nutmeg. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. VSuitable for vegetarians OUR PROMISE We make every effort to ensure our products are of the 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 We are here to help:
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Among 9 quiches with vegetables
From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 22% of the quiches with vegetables here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059512742248, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.