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Is Aldi Jam Roly Poly ultra-processed?

280g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Jam Roly Poly

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), mixed fruit jam 28% (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Apple Purée, Plum, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid), Sodium Citrates, Apricot Purée Concentrate, Elderberry Juice From Concentrate, Gelling Agents (Pectins), Flavouring), Water, Palm Oil, Sugar, Whey Powder, Palm Stearin, Raising Agents (Diphosphates), Sodium Carbonates, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Antioxidant (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), MIXED FRUIT JAM (28%) [Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Apple Purée Concentrate, Plum Purée Concentrate, Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates; Apricot Purée Concentrate, Elderberry Juice From Concentrate, Gelling Agents: Pectins, Flavouring], Water, Palm Oil, Sugar, Whey Powder (Milk), Palm Stearin, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Antioxidant: Citric Acid.

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600529806, last edited 30 May 2025), 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.