Is Pret A Manger Posh Cheddar & Pickle Baguette ultra-processed?

233 g Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil
Cheese

52 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Stone Baked Baguette (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Water, Brown Linseed, Malted Wheat Flakes (Wheat), Sunflower Seeds, Yeast, Salt (processing marker), Wheatgerm (Wheat), Potassium Chloride, Potassium Gluconate, Malted Wheat Flour (Wheat), Sesame Seeds), Mature Cheddar Cheese (processing marker) 17%, Pret Pickle 15% (Apple, Sugar (processing marker), Water, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Tomato Purée, Kibbled Onion, Raisins, Garlic Purée, Salt (processing marker), Apple Extract, Ginger Powder), Tomatoes (Tomato, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Red Onion, Free-Range Egg Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Free-Range Egg Yolk, Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Concentrated Lemon Juice), Mustard Cress, Seasoning (Sea Salt (processing marker), Black Pepper, Rapeseed Oil)

As written on the pack

Stone Baked Baguette (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Water, Brown Linseed, Malted Wheat Flakes (Wheat), Sunflower Seeds, Yeast, Salt, Wheatgerm (Wheat), Potassium Chloride, Potassium Gluconate, Malted Wheat Flour (Wheat), Sesame Seeds (Sesame)), Mature Cheddar Cheese 17% (Milk), Pret Pickle 15% (Apple, Sugar, Water, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Tomato Purée, Kibbled Onion, Raisins, Garlic Purée, Salt, Apple Extract, Ginger Powder), Roasted Tomatoes (Tomato, Sugar, Salt, Sunflower Oil), Red Onion, Free-Range Egg Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Free-Range Egg Yolk (Egg), Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Mustard Cress (Mustard), Seasoning (Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Rapeseed Oil)

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059977000099, 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.