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Is What's cooking? Breaded camembert with cranberry dip ultra-processed?

250g Breaded cheeses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of What's cooking? Breaded camembert with cranberry dip

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breaded cheeses

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

Camembert in Breadcrumbs 80%, Camembert 45%, Wheat Flour, Water, Sunflower Oil, Cream (Cream, Carrageenan), Potato Starch, Salt, Yeast, Spices, Cranberry Dip 20% (Cranberries 40%, Sugar, Water, Cherry Juice, Modified Maize Starch, Pectins, Citric Acid, Dextrose)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E407 Carrageenan , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Camembert in Breadcrumbs 80% (Camembert 45% (Milk), Wheat Flour, Water, Sunflower Oil, Cream (Cream (Milk), Stabiliser (Carrageenan)), Potato Starch, Salt, Yeast, Spices), Cranberry Dip 20% (Cranberries 40%, Sugar, Water, Concentrated Cherry Juice, Modified Maize Starch, Thickener (Pectins), Acid (Citric Acid), Dextrose).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Cheeses Products in the category "Cheeses" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 breaded cheeses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 86% of the breaded cheeses 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 14 breaded cheeses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20197438, last edited 26 February 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.