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Is Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry sheet ultra-processed?

Pie dough Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry sheet

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed pie dough

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 (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Palm Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Water, Ethanol, Sugar, Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Deactivated Yeast, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring, Acid (Citric Acid), Colour (Carotenes), Small black spots may be present in the pastry, This is bran which is naturally occurring within the Flour and will disappear during cooking

Additives: E1510 Ethanol , E160a Carotene , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Water, Ethanol, Sugar, Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Deactivated Yeast, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring, Acid (Citric Acid), Colour (Carotenes). Small black spots may be present in the pastry. This is bran which is naturally occurring within the Flour and will disappear during cooking.

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.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 41 pie dough

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 66% of the pie dough 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 41 pie dough, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5061056620203, last edited 10 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.