Is Waitrose Potato Dauphinoise ultra-processed?

420g Potatoes Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Butter
Salt
Cheese

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed potatoes

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

Potato 44%, whole milk, Emmental cheese (processing marker), double cream, water, mature Cheddar cheese (processing marker), onion, garlic purée, cornflour, unsalted butter (processing marker), salt (processing marker), broad bean flour, parsley, ground white pepper ALLERGY ADVICE (For allergens see ingredients in bold OVEN HEAT GAS 5), 190°c, FAN 170°C Preheat over Romo CHILLED 35 mins et films play

As written on the pack

Potato (44%), whole milk, Emmental cheese (milk) (7%), double cream (milk), water, mature Cheddar cheese (milk) (3%), onion, garlic purée, cornflour, unsalted butter (milk), salt, broad bean flour, parsley, ground white pepper ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens see ingredients in bold OVEN HEAT GAS 5, 190°C, FAN 170°C Preheat over Romo CHILLED 35 mins et films play

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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 74 potatoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 45% of the potatoes 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 74 potatoes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169660447, 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.