Is Waitrose Cheddar Courgette And Pea Crustless Quiche ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 29 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Milk, free range egg, courgette 9%, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), onion, peas 8%, extra mature Cheddar cheese (processing marker), spinach, double cream, single cream, cornflour, mascarpone cheese (processing marker), palm oil, rapeseed oil, parsley, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), free range egg, salt (processing marker), lemon zest, mint, dried garlic, black pepper, white pepper, nutmeg
As written on the pack
Milk, pasteurised free range egg. courgette (9%), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), onion, peas (8%), extra mature Cheddar cheese (milk) (7%), spinach, double cream (milk), single cream (milk), cornflour, mascarpone cheese (milk), palm oil (certified sustainable), rapeseed oil, parsley, skimmed milk powder, dried pasteurised free range egg, salt, lemon zest, mint, dried garlic, black pepper, white pepper, nutmeg
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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
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.
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 12 lorraine quiche
From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 42% of the lorraine quiche here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169671849, last edited 25 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.