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Is 3 Sausage Rolls (Quorn) ultra-processed?

210 g Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of 3 Sausage Rolls (Quorn)

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed appetizers

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Mycoprotein 26%, Wate Palm Oil, Onion 5%, Textured Vegetable Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Free Range Egg, Whey Powder, Free Range Egg (egg), Salt, Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Onion, Barley Malt Extract, Thyme, Sage, Dried Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour (Iron Oxide)

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Mycoprotein (26%), Wate Palm Oil, Onion (5%), Textured Vegetable Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Rehydrated Free Range Egg (egg), Whey Powder (Milk), Free Range Egg (egg), Salt, Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Gelling Agent: Pectin, Onion Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Thyme, Sage, Dried Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Colour: Iron Oxide.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
2 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,498 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2157th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,498 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5019503036541, last edited 22 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.