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Is Waitrose 4 vegetable samosas ultra-processed?

Samosas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose 4 vegetable samosas

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed salty snacks

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 58% (potato, onion, carrot, peas), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, ginger, tomato paste, salt, lemon juice, green chilli, coriander, coriander, cumin, sugar, cumin seeds, poppy seeds, kalonji seeds, turmeric, dried fenugreek leaf, chilli, cinnamon, ground ginger, white pepper, paprika, clove, nutmeg, cardamom, ground bay leaf ALLERGY ADVICE, including cereals containing gluten

As written on the pack

Vegetables (58%) (potato, onion, carrot, peas), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, ginger purée, tomato paste, salt, lemon juice, green chilli purée, chopped coriander, ground coriander, cumin, sugar, cumin seeds, poppy seeds, kalonji seeds, turmeric, dried fenugreek leaf, chilli powder, cinnamon, ground ginger, white pepper, paprika, clove, nutmeg, cardamom, ground bay leaf ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May contain peanuts, nuts and sesame.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 31% of the 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 13 samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169617755, last edited 26 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.