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Is Sainsbury's (Taste the difference) 4 triple berry hot cross buns ultra-processed?

280 g Bread rolls Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's (Taste the difference) 4 triple berry hot cross buns

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed bread rolls

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, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Moistened Sultanas 17% (Sultanas, Water), Water, Cranberries 7% (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Invert Sugar, Yeast Palm Fat, Blueberries 2% (Blueberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Currants 1% (Currants, Sunflower Oil), Emulsifiers (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Potato Starch, Salt, Rye Flour, Flavouring, Wheat Gluten, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Stearin, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Moistened Sultanas (17%) (Sultanas, Water), Water, Sweetened Dried Cranberries (7%) (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Invert Sugar, Yeast Palm Fat, Sweetened Dried Blueberries (2%) (Blueberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Currants (1%) (Currants, Sunflower Oil), Emulsifiers: Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono - and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Potato Starch, Salt, Rye Flour, Flavouring, Wheat Gluten, 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.

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.
5 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 63 bread rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 79% of the bread rolls 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 63 bread rolls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00349758, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.