Is Jus-Rol 2 Puff Pastry Sheets ultra-processed?

2x 320g Puff pastry sheets Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

10 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

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, water, vegetable oils and fats (palm, rapeseed), salt (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, water, vegetable oils and fats (palm, rapeseed), salt, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid).

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.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 puff pastry sheets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 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 5010084103691, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.