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Is Pukka Vegan sausage roll ultra-processed?

Vegetarian sausages Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pukka Vegan sausage roll

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed vegetarian sausages

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

Water, Wheat Flour (Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Thiamine), Palm Oil, Pea Protein 6%, Rapeseed Oil, Couscous (Wheat), Potato Starch, Seasoning, Onion 1.5%, Salt 0.4%, Methylcellulose Cornile Yeast Extract, Sage 0.4%, Onion, Wheat Protein, Herb 0.1%, Spice Extract 0.1% (contains (Black Pepper), Mace, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cayenne, Sage, Marjoram), Flavour Enhancer (Monosoduim Glutamate)

Additives: E621 Monosodium glutamate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Flour (contains: Wheat Flour, Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Thiamine), Palm Oil, Pea Protein (6%), Rapeseed Oil, Couscous (Wheat) (3%), Potato Starch, Seasoning, Onion (1.5%), Salt (0.4%), Methylcellulose Cornile Yeast Extract, Sage (0.4%), Onion Powder, Wheat Protein, Herb & Spice Extract (0.1%) (contains: Black Pepper, Mace, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cayenne, Sage, Marjoram), Flavour Enhancer: Monosoduim Glutamate.

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
2 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 84 vegetarian sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 96% of the vegetarian sausages 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 84 vegetarian sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5030756006587, last edited 16 June 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.