Is M&S Food Dinky sausage rolls ultra-processed?

180g Friands Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Dinky sausage rolls

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 10 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

British Pork 30%, Butter (processing marker), Potatoes White Onions, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt (processing marker), Coarse Black Pepper, Sage, Thyme Dried Parsley Rapeseed Oil Ground Spices (Coriander, White Pepper Nutmeg)

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin). British Pork (30%) Butter (Milk) (21%) Potatoes White Onions. - Pasteurised Egg Yolk - Salt. Coarse Black Pepper - Sage. Thyme Dried Parsley Rapeseed Oil Ground Spices (Coriander. White Pepper Nutmeg).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 friands

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 31% of the friands 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 13 friands, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00093699, last edited 1 April 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.