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Is Higgidy Cheddar & Onion Chutney Rolls ultra-processed?

160g Puff pastry sheets Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Cheddar & Onion Chutney 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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed puff pastry sheets

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 (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Butter, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Caramelised Red Onion Chutney 7% (Red Wine Vinegar, Demerara Sugar, Red Onions, Water, Red Onion, Muscovado Sugar, Black Treacle, Citrus Fibre, Thickener (Pectin), Salt, Black Pepper), Onions, Potato, Free-Range Whole Egg, Cannellini Beans, Ricotta Cheese, Red Leicester Cheese (contains Colour (Beta Carotene)), Crème Fraîche, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Free-Range Egg Yolk, Cornflour, Salt, Sustainable Palm Oil, Dijon Mustard, Black Onion Seeds, Skimmed Milk, Rapeseed Oil, Whipping Cream

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Butter (Milk), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (8%), Caramelised Red Onion Chutney (7%) (Red Wine Vinegar, Demerara Sugar, Red Onions, Water, Dehydrated Red Onion, Muscovado Sugar, Black Treacle, Citrus Fibre, Thickener (Pectin), Salt, Black Pepper), Onions, Potato, Free-Range Whole Egg, Cannellini Beans, Ricotta Cheese (Milk), Red Leicester Cheese (Milk) (contains Colour: Beta Carotene), Crème Fraîche (Milk), Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Free-Range Egg Yolk, Cornflour, Salt, Sustainable Palm Oil*, Dijon Mustard, Black Onion Seeds, Dried Skimmed Milk, Rapeseed Oil, Whipping Cream (Milk).

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 puff pastry sheets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 63% of the puff pastry sheets 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 19 puff pastry sheets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136251719, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.