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Is Tesco whole button mushrooms in water ultra-processed?

285g Mushrooms Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco whole button mushrooms in water

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 6 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Mushroom, Water, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Mushroom, Water, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid).

Among 30 mushrooms

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 23% of the mushrooms 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 30 mushrooms, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052004920421, last edited 4 August 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.