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Is Waitrose Quinoa & Green Pea Salad ultra-processed?

165g Lettuces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Quinoa & Green Pea 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:

  • 24 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

quinoa 21% (quinoa seeds, water), peas 20%, Cucumber, cooked green lentils (water, green lentils), green beans, black quinoa 7% (water, black quinoa), spinach, rapeseed oil, ginger, cider vinegar, water, maple syrup, extra virgin olive oil 1%, parsley, salf, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, mustard husk

As written on the pack

Cooked quinoa (21%) (quinoa seeds, water), peas (20%), Cucumber, cooked green lentils (water, green lentils), green beans, cooked black quinoa (7%) (water, black quinoa), spinach, rapeseed oil, ginger purée, cider vinegar, water, maple syrup, extra virgin olive oil (1%), parsley, salf, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, mustard husk.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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 22 lettuces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 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 5000169638026, 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.