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Is Waitrose Hoisin no duck wrap ultra-processed?

Sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Hoisin no duck wrap

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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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), water, five spice protein strips 20% (water, wheat protein, wheat gluten, potato protein, pea protein isolate, sunflower oil, pea starch, wheat starch, flavouring, pea protein, dextrose, star anise, barley malt extract, cinnamon, fennel seed, black pepper, clove), Chinese leaf, white cabbage, spinach, palm oil, muscovado sugar, spring onion, sugar, white onion, cornflour, rapeseed oil, tomato paste, soya bean, cider vinegar, coriander, molasses, barley malt vinegar, salt, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, diphosphates, malic acid), ginger, beetroot juice from concentrate, parsley, concentrated lemon juice, wheat starch, cassia, black pepper, paprika, fennel seed, star anise, acidity regulator (acetic acid), clove ALLERGY ADVICE

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E296 Malic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, five spice protein strips (20%) (water, wheat protein, wheat gluten, potato protein, pea protein isolate, sunflower oil, pea starch, wheat starch, flavouring, pea protein, dextrose, star anise, barley malt extract, cinnamon, fennel seed, black pepper, clove), Chinese leaf, white cabbage, spinach, palm oil (certified sustainable), muscovado sugar, spring onion, sugar, white onion, cornflour, rapeseed oil, tomato paste, soya bean, cider vinegar, coriander, molasses, barley malt vinegar, salt, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, diphosphates, malic acid), ginger, beetroot juice from concentrate, parsley, concentrated lemon juice, wheat starch, cassia, black pepper, paprika, fennel seed, star anise, acidity regulator (acetic acid), clove ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 219th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169620625, 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.