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Is Higgidy Extra Mature Cheddar & Caramelised Onion Chutney Rolls ultra-processed?

54g Pastries Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Extra Mature Cheddar & Caramelised 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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 3 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

Wheat Flour (with Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin B3, Iron, Vitamin B1), Butter, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Caramelised Red Onion Chutney 7% (Red Wine Vinegar, Demerara Sugar, Red Onion, Red Onion, Dark Muscovado Sugar, Black Treacle (Cane Molasses, Inverted Sugar Syrup), Citrus Fibre, Salt, Pectin, Black Pepper), Cannellini Beans, Onions, Potato, Free-Range Whole Egg, Ricotta Cheese, Water, Red Leicester Cheese (Beta Carotene), Crème Fraîche, Free-Range Egg Yolk, Cornflour, Whole Milk, Regato Cheese, Salt, Crispy Onions (Onions, Sustainable Palm Oil, Wheat Flour, Salt), Potato Starch, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Black Onion Seeds, www.higgidy.co.uk, palmoil

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

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (with Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin B3, Iron, Vitamin B1), Butter (Milk) (16%), Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (8%), Caramelised Red Onion Chutney (7%) (Red Wine Vinegar, Demerara Sugar, Red Onion, Dehydrated Red Onion, Dark Muscovado Sugar, Black Treacle (Cane Molasses, Inverted Sugar Syrup), Citrus Fibre, Salt, Thickener: Pectin, Black Pepper), Cannellini Beans, Onions, Potato, Free-Range Whole Egg, Ricotta Cheese (Milk), Water, Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour: Beta Carotene) (Milk), Crème Fraîche (Milk), Free-Range Egg Yolk, Cornflour, Rehydrated Whole Milk, Regato Cheese (Milk), Salt, Crispy Onions (Onions, Sustainable Palm Oil*, Wheat Flour, Salt), Potato Starch, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Black Onion Seeds, *www.higgidy.co.uk/palmoil

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.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
7 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 87% of the pastries 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 205 pastries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136252402, last edited 17 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.