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Is Waitrose Aubergine and feta burgers ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potato, aubergine 15%, onion, green lentils, rapeseed oil, feta cheese, spring onion, chickpeas, sweet potato, potato flakes, free range whole egg, cornflour, potato starch, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), garlic purée, red chilli purée, parsley, mint, salt, extra virgin olive oil 0.4%, cumin seeds, tomato paste, cumin, coriander, black pepper, paprika, mint, yeast

As written on the pack

Potato, aubergine (15%), onion, green lentils, rapeseed oil, feta cheese (milk) (6%), spring onion, chickpeas, sweet potato, potato flakes, free range whole egg, cornflour, potato starch, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), garlic purée, red chilli purée, parsley, mint, salt, extra virgin olive oil (0.4%), cumin seeds, tomato paste, ground cumin, ground coriander, ground black pepper, ground paprika, dried mint, yeast

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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169301463, last edited 9 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.