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Is Waitrose Mediterranean Style Vegetable Quiche ultra-processed?

Quiches with vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Mediterranean Style Vegetable Quiche

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Milk, free range egg, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), courgette 7%, yellow pepper 6%, red pepper 6%, mature Cheddar cheese, spinach 5%, regato cheese, free range egg, onion, palm oil, double cream, cornflour, single cream, garlic purée, rapeseed oil, olive oil, skimmed milk powder, basil, salt, white pepper, nutmeg ALLERGY ADVICE, including cereals containing gluten, NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS PREPARED Energy kl PER 1, 4 quiche

As written on the pack

Milk, pasteurised free range egg. fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), courgette (7%), yellow pepper (6%), red pepper (6%), mature Cheddar cheese (milk) (5%), spinach (5%), regato cheese (milk) (5%), dried free range egg, onion, palm oil, double cream (milk), cornflour, single cream (milk), garlic purée, rapeseed oil, olive oil, skimmed milk powder, basil, salt, white pepper, nutmeg ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS PREPARED Energy kl PER 1/4 QUICHE

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.
  • 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 9 quiches with vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 22% of the quiches with vegetables 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 9 quiches with vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169448557, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.