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Is Lidl Vegan Sausage Rolls ultra-processed?

4 Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Lidl Vegan Sausage 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:

  • 67 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable fat spread (vegetable oil (palm oil, rapeseed oil), water, salt, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids)), vegetable oils (sunflower oil, rapeseed oil), textured soya protein 6%, wheat gluten, sage, onion stuffing (rusk, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, salt, raising agent (ammonium hydrogen carbonate)), breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, salt, yeast, dried onion, sage, salt, raising agent (sodium carbonates), parsley, barley malt extract), salt, modified maize starch, dried onion, stabiliser (methyl cellulose), natural mushroom flavouring, yeast extract (yeast extract, glucose), nutmeg, white pepper, cayenne pepper, wheat protein, colour (carotene), including cereals containing gluten, additional information and

Additives: E160a Carotene , E461 Methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable fat spread (vegetable oil [palm oil, rapeseed oil], water, salt, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), vegetable oils (sunflower oil, rapeseed oil), 6% textured soya protein concentrate, wheat gluten, sage and onion stuffing (rusk [wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, salt, raising agent: ammonium hydrogen carbonate), breadcrumbs (wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, salt, yeast (contains barley), dried onion, dried sage, salt, raising agent: sodium carbonates, dried parsley, barley malt extract]), salt, modified maize starch, dried onion, stabiliser: methyl cellulose, natural mushroom flavouring, yeast extract (yeast extract, glucose), ground nutmeg, ground white pepper, ground cayenne pepper, wheat protein, colour: carotene, allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold, may also contain milk, additional information suitable for vegetarians and vegans,

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.
  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • 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.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489384847, last edited 9 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.