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Is Higgidy Vegan rolls ultra-processed?

160g Vegetables based foods Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Higgidy Vegan 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:

  • 62 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegetables based foods

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

Puff Pastry (Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Salt, Emulsifier (mono- and DiGlycerides of Fatty Acids)), Mushrooms 20% (White Mushrooms, Chestnut Mushrooms, Porcini Mushrooms), Food Preparation with Palm Oil (Water, Sustainable Palm Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Salt, Colour (Beta Carotene)), Sautéed Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Butternut Squash, Spinach 3%, Red Quinoa (Red Quinoa, Water), Oat Drink (Water, Oats, Rapeseed Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium iodide, Salt, vitamins, vitamin D2, Riboflavin, vitamin B12), Cornflour, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Stock, Salt, Parsley, Colour (Plain Caramel), Black Pepper, Yeast

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

Puff Pastry (Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Salt, Emulsifier (Mono and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids)), Mushrooms 20% (White Mushrooms, Chestnut Mushrooms, Porcini Mushrooms), Food Preparation with Palm Oil (Water, Sustainable Palm Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Salt, Colour /Beta Carotene)), Sautéed Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Butternut Squash Purée, Spinach 3%, Cooked Red Quinoa (Red Quinoa, Water), Oat Drink (Water, Oats, Rapeseed Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium iodide, Salt, Vitamins (D2, Riboflavin, B12)), Cornflour, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Brown Linseeds, Golden Linseeds, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Stock Powder, Salt, Parsley, Colour (Plain Caramel), Black Pepper, Yeast.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,390 vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1377th. 25% of the vegetables based foods 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 1,390 vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136254710, last edited 13 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.