Is Sainsbury's Puff Pastry ultra-processed?

320g Puff pastry sheets Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E160a Carotene
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

18 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed puff pastry sheets

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

fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, palm oil, rapeseed oil, concentrated lemon juice, salt (processing marker), mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), inactive dried yeast, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Beta-Carotene (ultra-processing marker), Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, palm oil, rapeseed oil, concentrated lemon juice, salt, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids; preservative: Potassium Sorbate, inactive dried yeast, Flavouring, Colour: Beta-Carotene, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid, Acidity Regulator: Citric 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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 puff pastry sheets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 63% of the puff pastry sheets 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 19 puff pastry sheets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00491181, last edited 8 September 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.