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Is Waitrose Feta Crumb & Lemon Quinoa Salad ultra-processed?

220 g Lettuces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Feta Crumb & Lemon Quinoa 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed lettuces

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

Petits pois, cooked giant couscous 14% (durum wheat semolina, water), red rice 14% (red rice, water), courgette, quinoa 10% (water, quinoa), feta cheese (sheep's milk), water, edamame beans, spinach, lemon juice, rapeseed oil, sugar, rice vinegar, pea shoots, basil, lemon zest, salt, mint, mustard, spirit vinegar, garlic purée, cornflour, black pepper, sea salt, mustard husk, pimento, turmeric

As written on the pack

Petits pois, cooked giant couscous (14%) (durum wheat semolina, water), cooked red rice (14%) (red rice, water), courgette, cooked quinoa (10%) (water, quinoa), feta cheese (sheep's milk) (4%), water, edamame beans (soya), spinach, lemon juice, rapeseed oil, sugar, rice vinegar, pea shoots, basil, lemon zest, salt, mint, mustard flour, spirit vinegar, garlic purée, cornflour, black pepper, sea salt, mustard husk, pimento, turmeric.

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.

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 22 lettuces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 41% of the lettuces 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 22 lettuces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169664483, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.