No Sausage Roll
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
4
0 we grade moderate or higher
3 of them not yet assessed here
Fat per 100g
19g
High
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (4)
This label lists 2 raising agents, 1 emulsifier and 1 thickener or gelling agent.
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E461 Methyl cellulose thickener
- E500 Sodium carbonates raising agent
- E503 Ammonium carbonates raising agent
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
puff pastry (56%) [wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, vegetable oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil), salt, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids], water, soya protein concentrate (6%), šage and onion stuffing [wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), dehydrated onion, salt, ground sage, raising agents: ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates, barley malt extract, ground parsley, vegetable oils (palm oil , sunflower oil)], sunflower oil, modified maize starch, stabiliser: methyl cellulose, salt, mushroom stock [concentrated vegetable juices (mushroom, onion), salt, rapeseed oil, water, mushroom powder, sugar, cornflour], onion powder, dried sage, ground white pepper, ground nutmeg, cayenne pepper, glaze (water, wheat protein),
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.