Is Tesco Pancake shaker mix vegan ultra-processed?

Pancake mixes Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

13 ingredients
3 additives

Less processed cereals and their products

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), Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt (processing marker), Raising Agents (Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate)

Additives: E339ii Disodium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate. Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Raising Agents (Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 pancake mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 79% of the pancake mixes 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 43 pancake mixes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753898175, last edited 26 June 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.