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Is Pret Tuna mayo baguette ultra-processed?

Fish sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Pret Tuna mayo baguette

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fish 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

White Baguette (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Water, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten (Wheat), Deactivated Yeast, Ascorbic Acid), Tuna Mayonnaise (Pole and Line Caught Tuna (Fish X), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Free-Range Egg Yolk, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Red Onion, Cornflour, Salt, Capers, Spring Onion, Anchovy, Horseradish, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, Olive Oil, White Wine Vinegar), Cucumber 16%

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

White Baguette (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Water, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten (Wheat), Deactivated Yeast, flour treatment agents (Ascorbic Acid)), Tuna Mayonnaise (Pole & Line Caught Tuna (Fish X23%), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Free-Range Egg Yolk (Egg), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Red Onion, Cornflour, Salt, Capers, Spring Onion, Anchovy (Fish), Horseradish, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, Olive Oil, White Wine Vinegar), Cucumber (16%)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 fish sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 78% of the fish 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 9 fish sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059977000181, last edited 7 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.