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Is Mozzarella and tomato ultra-processed?

Sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Mozzarella and tomato

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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sourdough Panini Bread (Wheat Flour (Wheat flour, Calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, sourdough (water, wheat flour), durum wheat semolina, rapeseed oil, yeast, salt, wheat flour, malted wheat flour, sunflower oil, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid)), mozarella cheese, béchamel sauce, milk, water, single cream, salted butter (butter, salt), wheat flour (Wheat flour, Calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), cornflour, salt, white pepper, bay leaf, cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese, potato starch), slow roasted tomato 5% (slow roasted tomatoes, rapeseed oil, salt, garlic, oregano), basil pesto (medium fat hard cheese, sunflower oil, basil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic puree, salt, potato starch, acidity regulator (citric acid), antioxidant (ascorbic acid))

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Sourdough Panini Bread (Wheat Flour (Wheat flour, Calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, sourdough (water, fermented wheat flour), durum wheat semolina, rapeseed oil, yeast, salt, wheat flour, malted wheat flour, sunflower oil, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid)), mozarella cheese (milk) (20%), béchamel sauce (milk, water, single cream (milk), salted butter (butter (milk), salt), wheat flour (Wheat flour, Calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), cornflour, salt, white pepper, ground bay leaf), cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese (milk), potato starch), slow roasted tomato (5%) (slow roasted tomatoes, rapeseed oil, salt, garlic, oregano), basil pesto (medium fat hard cheese (milk), sunflower oil, basil, extra virgin olive oil, roasted garlic puree, salt, potato starch, acidity regulator (citric acid), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

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

  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5022452002444, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.