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Is Waitrose Beetroot And Feta Salad ultra-processed?

261 g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Beetroot And Feta Salad

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:

  • 54 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

bulgur wheat (water, bulgur wheat), balsamic roasted beetroot wedges 15% (beetroot, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, concentrated grape must), sugar, rapeseed oil, cornflour, salt, parsley, thyme), beetroot 13% (beetroot, water, cider vinegar, sugar, salt), green lentils, feta cheese (sheep's milk, goat's milk), white quinoa (water, white quinoa), red quinoa (water, red quinoa), spinach, water, rapeseed oil, chives, sun dried tomatoes, sugar, sunflower oil, white wine vinegar, barley malt vinegar, lemon zest, salt, spirit vinegar, cornflour, black pepper, brown mustard seeds, parsley, garlic, basil, rosemary, garlic purée, tarragon, thyme, antioxidant (ascorbic acid)

As written on the pack

Cooked bulgur wheat (water, bulgur wheat), balsamic roasted beetroot wedges (15%) (beetroot, balsamic vinegar [wine vinegar, concentrated grape must], sugar, rapeseed oil, cornflour, salt, parsley, thyme), pickled beetroot (13%) (beetroot, water, cider vinegar, sugar, salt), green lentils, feta PDO cheese (sheep's milk, goat's milk) (12%), cooked white quinoa (water, white quinoa), cooked red quinoa (water, red quinoa), spinach, water, rapeseed oil, chives, sun dried tomatoes, sugar, sunflower oil, white wine vinegar, barley malt vinegar, lemon zest, salt, spirit vinegar, cornflour, black pepper, brown mustard seeds, parsley, garlic, basil, rosemary, garlic purée, tarragon, thyme, antioxidant (ascorbic acid) ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063210052318, last edited 2 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.