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Is Sainsbury's 2 tiramisu dessertd ultra-processed?

Pastries Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's 2 tiramisu dessertd

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder (Water, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder), Glucose Syrup, Water, Sponge Biscuit 12% (Free Range Egg, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate), Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate), Mascarpone Cheese (Cows' Milk), Sugar, Coconut Oil, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk, Ethanol, Marsala Wine 1%, Cocoa Powder, Stabiliser (Sorbitols), Coffee Powder, Citrus Fibre, Thickener (Carrageenan), Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavourings (Egg, Milk), Coffee

Additives: E1510 Ethanol , E407 Carrageenan , E420 Sorbitol , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Rehydrated Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder (Water, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder), Glucose Syrup, Water, Sponge Biscuit (12%) (Pasteurised Free Range Egg, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Raising Agents: Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate), Mascarpone Cheese (Cows' Milk) (6%), Sugar, Coconut Oil, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk, Ethanol, Marsala Wine (1%), Cocoa Powder, Stabiliser: Sorbitols; Coffee Powder, Citrus Fibre, Thickener: Carrageenan; Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Flavourings (Egg, Milk), Coffee Extract

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.

  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 171st. 87% of the pastries 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00443265, last edited 5 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.