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Is Marks & Spencer 12 british sausage rolls ultra-processed?

360 g Friands Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer 12 british 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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

British Pork 36%, Wheatflourcontains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm, Oil, Water, Pork, Lard, Egg, Unsalted Butter, Salt, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Coarse Black Pepper, Dried Onions, Smoked Salt, Sage, Dried Thyme

As written on the pack

British Pork (36%), Wheatflourcontains Gluten(with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, (6.9g) Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Palm, Oil, Water, Pork (0.2g),Lard, Pasteurised Egg, Unsalted Butter, (Milk) (2%), Salt, Potato Starch, Yeast Extract, Coarse Black Pepper, Dried Onions, Smoked Salt, Sage, Dried Thyme

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 friands

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 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 00395700, last edited 24 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.