Is Sainsburys Vegetable fingers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 47 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
breadcrumb coating 40%, batter (water, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), cornflour, sugar (processing marker), paprika, white pepper), breadcrumb (fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, yeast, salt (processing marker), spirit vinegar), sunflower oil (processing marker), sweetcorn 24%, carrot 15%, peas 10%, potato, onion 1.8%, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), water, salt (processing marker), rye flour, caster sugar (processing marker), pea fibre (ultra-processing marker), onion, white pepper, including cereals containing gluten, also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to peanuts and nuts due to manufacturing methods
As written on the pack
breadcrumb coating (40%) (batter (water, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), cornflour, sugar, paprika, white pepper), breadcrumb (fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, yeast, salt, spirit vinegar), sunflower oil), sweetcorn (24%), carrot (15%), peas (10%), dried potato, onion (1.8%), fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), wheat gluten, water, salt, rye flour, caster sugar, pea fibre, onion powder, white pepper. allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to peanuts or nuts due to manufacturing methods.
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00184953, last edited 27 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.