Is Sainsbury's 8 Soft Flour Tortilla Wraps ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Gluten
- E422 Glycerol
- E450 Diphosphates
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 18 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fortified British wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), sodium carbonate, wheat flour, malic acid, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), palm oil, calcium proprionate, sodium carboxymethylcellulose (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E296 Malic acid , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate
As written on the pack
Fortified British wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rapeseed oil, humectant: glycerol, wheat gluten, raising agent: diphosphates, sodium carbonate, wheat flour, acid: malic acid, emulsifier: mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids, palm oil, preservative: calcium proprionate, stabiliser: sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
Among 228 wheat breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 150th. 92% of the wheat breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01771756, last edited 1 April 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.