Is Filo pastry sheets ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed pastry helpers
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat flour, water, corn starch (processing marker), humectant (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), flour treatment agents (L-cysteine)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E422 Glycerol , E920 L-cysteine
As written on the pack
Wheat flour, water, corn starch, humectant (glycerol), salt, preservative (potassium sorbate), flour treatment agents (L-cysteine)
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
4 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Among 86 pastry helpers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 84% of the pastry helpers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010084103356, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.