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Is TESCO finest 4 Extra Fruity Hot Cross Buns ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of TESCO finest 4 Extra Fruity 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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breads

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 wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, orange soaked fruits 30%, sultanas, ralsins, currants, chilean flame raisins, concentrated orange juicel, water, mixed peel 2.5%, orange peel, lemon peel, butter, honey 1.5%, demerara sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, mixed spice, salt, buttermilk powder, emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), potato dextrin, flavouring, rapeseed oil, lemon peel, palm oil, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), including cereals containing gluten, also, vsultable for vegetarlans

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , 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

wheat flour wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin], orange soaked fruits (30%) [sultanas, ralsins, currants, chilean flame raisins, concentrated orange juicel, water, mixed peel (2.5%) [orange peel, lemon peel, butter (milk), honey (1.5%), demerara sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, mixed spice, salt, buttermilk powder (milk), emulsifiers (mono - and di-glycerides of fatty acids, mono - and di-acetyl tartaric acid esters of mono - and di-glycerides of fatty acids), potato dextrin, flavouring, rapeseed oil, lemon peel, palm oil, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid). allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. also, may contain peanuts, nuts, sesame seeds, egg and soya. vsultable for vegetarlans

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.
4 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2158th. 71% of the breads 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051277423325, last edited 19 May 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.