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Is M&S Ready Rolled Puff Pastry ultra-processed?

320g Puff pastry sheets Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Ready Rolled Puff Pastry

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:

  • 8 ingredients
  • 3 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

Water Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil Concentrated Lemon Juice Salt Emulsifier (e471 Preservative), e202, Deactivated Dried Yeast Flavouring Colour (Carotenes Flour Treatment Agent), Ascorbic Acid Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid, √)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Water Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil Concentrated Lemon Juice Salt Emulsifier: E471 Preservative: E202. Deactivated Dried Yeast Flavouring Colour: Carotenes Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid Acidity Regulator: Citric 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.

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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 puff pastry sheets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 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 29333745, last edited 27 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.