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Is Sainsbury's Mini Cheddar Cheese Twists ultra-processed?

Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Mini Cheddar Cheese Twists

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Wheat Flour, Vegetable Margarine (Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Butter (Cows' Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk), Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Salt, Yeast, Barley Malt Flour, Sugar, Allergu advice

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Vegetable Margarine (Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Butter (Cows' Milk), Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk) (10%), Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Salt, Yeast, Barley Malt Flour, Sugar. Allergu advice:

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.

7 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,498 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1474th. 64% of the appetizers 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 2,498 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00289665, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.