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Is Village Bakery Cheese & Herb Metro Rolls ultra-processed?

400g Bread rolls Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Village Bakery Cheese & Herb Metro Rolls

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, iron, Thiamin), Water, mature cheddar cheese, Sugar, Wheat Flour, herbs 1% (Basil, Marjoram, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, iron, Thiamin), Water, GRATED MATURE CHEDDAR CHEESE (Milk) (9%), Sugar, Fermented Wheat Flour, DRIED HERBS (1%) (Basil, Marjoram, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Yeast, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 63 bread rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 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 4088600492643, 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.