Is Sainsbury's Coffee And Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Emulsifier
- Flavouring
- Gluten
- E322 Lecithins
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 38 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Moistened Sultanas 12% (Sultanas, Water), Dark Chocolate Chips 5% (Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Yeast, Palm Fat, Dark Brown Sugar, Wheat Flour, Potato Starch (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Brazilian Coffee Powder 0.5%, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder 0.5% (Cocoa Powder, Potassium carbonate), Emulsifiers (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker)), mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker), Rye Flour, Salt (processing marker), Molasses (processing marker) 0.5%, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Stearin, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate
As written on the pack
Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Moistened Sultanas (12%) (Sultanas, Water), Dark Chocolate Chips (5.0%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin; Flavouring), Yeast, Palm Fat, Dark Brown Sugar, Fermented Wheat Flour, Potato Starch, Wheat Gluten, Brazilian Coffee Powder (0.5%), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (0.5%) (Cocoa Powder, Potassium carbonate), Emulsifiers: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono - and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Rye Flour, Salt, Molasses (0.5%), Flavouring, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Stearin, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid.
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2199th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063334015688, last edited 18 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.