Is Tesco Brioche Burger Buns ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Dextrose
- Flavouring
- Glucose
- Vegetable fiber
- E160a Carotene
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 26 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed hamburger buns
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Egg 1.5%, Palm Oil, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Flour, Salt (processing marker), Butter (processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Soya Flour, Egg White, mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Hydroxide, Algal Carotenes (ultra-processing marker), Ascorbic Acid
Additives: E160a Carotene , E160aiv Algal carotenes , E300 Ascorbic acid , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E526 Calcium hydroxide
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Egg (1.5%), Palm Oil, Dextrose, Yeast, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat Fibre, Fermented Wheat Flour, Salt, Butter (Milk), Flavouring, Soya Flour, Pasteurised Egg White, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Acidity Regulator (Calcium Hydroxide), Colour (Algal Carotenes), 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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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.
Among 55 hamburger buns
From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 96% of the hamburger buns here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753932664, last edited 10 August 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.