Is Unearthed Spanish omelette with chorizo ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 15 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatoes 43%, Free Range Egg 26% (Free Range Egg, Salt (processing marker)), Chorizo 20% (Pork, Paprika, Salt (processing marker), Garlic), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Fried Onion 4% (Onion, Olive Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)), Olive Oil (processing marker) 1%
As written on the pack
Potatoes (43%), Pasteurised Free Range Egg (26%) (Free Range Egg and Salt), Chorizo (20%) (Pork, Paprika, Salt and Garlic), Sunflower Oil, Fried Onion (4%) (Onion, Olive Oil and Salt) and Olive Oil (1%).
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.
- 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 11th. 7% of the spanish omelettes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010292961243, last edited 25 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.