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Is Pret Free-Range Egg Mayo ultra-processed?

Sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pret Free-Range Egg Mayo

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sandwiches

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

Free-Range Egg Mayo Malted bread with egg mayonnaise mix and mustard cress (Egg shell may remain), Ingredients Chopped Free-Range Egg Mayonnaise 46% (Free-Range Egg (Egg), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Free-Range Egg Yolk, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Black Pepper, Cornflour), Bread, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Wheat (Wheat), Wheat Bran (Wheat), Yeast, Wheat Gluten (Wheat), Barley Malt Flour (Barley), Salt, emulsifiers (mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Rapeseed Oil, flour treatment agent (Ascorbic Acid), Mustard Cress

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Free-Range Egg Mayo Malted bread with egg mayonnaise mix and mustard cress. (Egg shell may remain). Ingredients Chopped Free-Range Egg Mayonnaise (46%) (Free-Range Egg (Egg), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Free-Range Egg Yolk (Egg), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Black Pepper, Cornflour), Malted Wholegrain Bread (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Malted Wheat (Wheat), Wheat Bran (Wheat), Yeast, Wheat Gluten (Wheat), Barley Malt Flour (Barley), Salt, emulsifiers (Mono - and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Rapeseed Oil, flour treatment agent (Ascorbic Acid)), Mustard Cress (Mustard).

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 174th. 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 5059977003021, last edited 27 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.