Is Village Bakery Metro Rolls Tiger ultra-processed?

4 Bread rolls Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

24 ingredients
4 additives
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, Sugar (processing marker), Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Rice Flour, Yeast, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agents (L-Cysteine), Ascorbic Acid, Malted Barley Flour, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Ammonium Carbonates, keep this wrapper away from babies and small children, NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES Energy Fat

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E920 L-cysteine

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Fermented Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast, Dextrose, Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agents: L-Cysteine, Ascorbic Acid; Malted Barley Flour, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain egg, oats, spelt, rye, milk and soya. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians. No artificial flavourings or preservatives. WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this wrapper away from babies and small children. NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES Energy Fat

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.

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.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 63 bread rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 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 4061461677091, 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.