Is Sainsbury's Extra Fruity Teacakes ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 38 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Bakelock Sultanas 11% (Sultanas, Water), Soaked Turkish Raisins 8% (Raisins, Water), Currants 7% (Currants, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Invert Sugar (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Soaked Flame Raisins 3.5% (Raisins, Water), Rapeseed Oil, Sugar (processing marker), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Flour, Salt (processing marker), Dextrin (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Orange Zest, Lemon Zest, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)
Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E300 Ascorbic acid
As written on the pack
Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Bakelock Sultanas (11%) (Sultanas, Water), Soaked Turkish Raisins (8%) (Raisins, Water), Currants (7%) (Currants, Sunflower Oil), Invert Sugar, Yeast, Soaked Flame Raisins (3.5%) (Raisins, Water), Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrin, Wheat Gluten, Orange Zest, Lemon Zest, Natural Flavouring, 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.
- E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.
Among 2,388 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1800th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01235012, last edited 26 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.