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Is Morrisons 4 sliced brioche buns ultra-processed?

Hamburger buns Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons 4 sliced brioche buns

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed hamburger buns

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, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Sugar, Butter, skimmed milk, egg, Yeast, Spirit vinegar, Vegetable oils (palm fat, sunflower, rapeseed), Salt, Pea protein extract Emulsifiers (mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium stearoyl-2-acylate mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), Soya flour, Preservative (calcium propionate), Dextrose, Maltodextim, Mace stat Flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), Colour (carotenes), Flavouring

Additives: E160a Carotene , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of 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

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Sugar, Butter (milk) (5%), Dried skimmed milk, Dried egg, Yeast, Spirit vinegar, Vegetable oils (palm fat, sunflower, rapeseed) Salt, Pea protein extract Emulsifiers (mono - and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium stearoyl-2-acylate mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), Soya flour, Preservative (calcium propionate), Dextrose, Maltodextim, Mace stat Flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), Colour (carotenes), Flavouring.

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
6 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 hamburger buns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 96% of the hamburger buns 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 55 hamburger buns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251795476, 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.