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Is Aldi Mini rolls ultra-processed?

260 g Cakes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Mini rolls

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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

milk chocolate 33% (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Skimmed Milk Powder, Vegetable Fats (Shea Fat, Palm Oil, Sal Fat), Milk Fat, Lecithins, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate, Flavouring), vanilla flavour cream filling 27%, Vegetable Margarine (Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Palm Stearin, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Water, Tapioca Starch, Glycerol, Maize Starch, Flavouring, Potassium Sorbate, Wheat Flour, Water, Sugar, Egg, Glucose Syrup, Soya Flour, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Glycerol, Whey Powder, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids, Potassium Sorbate, Flavouring

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

MILK CHOCOLATE (33%) [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Skimmed Milk Powder, Vegetable Fats (Shea Fat, Palm Oil, Sal Fat), Milk Fat, Emulsifiers: Lecithins (Soya), Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate; Flavouring], VANILLA FLAVOUR CREAM FILLING (27%) [Vegetable Margarine (Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Palm Stearin, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Water, Tapioca Starch, Humectant: Glycerol; Maize Starch, Flavouring, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Wheat Flour, Water, Sugar, Pasteurised Egg, Glucose Syrup, Soya Flour, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Humectant: Glycerol; Whey Powder (Milk), Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Emulsifiers: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids; Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Flavouring.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Glucose syrup 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.
6 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 293rd. 94% of the cakes 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 377 cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600028941, last edited 20 September 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.