country choice 3 mini sausage rolls
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
7
0 we grade moderate or higher
5 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (7)
This label lists 2 antioxidants, 2 raising agents, 1 acidity regulator, 1 colour and 1 preservative.
E160A
Carotenes
Yellow to orange colour
What it is. The orange pigments found in carrots and other vegetables, either extracted or made synthetically.
Why it is used. Colours margarine, soft drinks, dairy, and sweets.
What the evidence says. The same compound the body turns into vitamin A, and safe at the levels used in food. High dose beta-carotene supplements have been linked to harm in smokers, but those doses are far above anything a colour in food delivers, and conflating the two is a common mistake.
Permitted. The supplement findings apply to concentrated doses, not to food colouring.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E160A
E300
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Antioxidant
What it is. Vitamin C, added to protect colour and flavour and sometimes to fortify.
Why it is used. Stops browning in juices and cut fruit, protects fats, and boosts vitamin content.
What the evidence says. Beneficial and harmless at the levels used. Included here as a reminder that an E number is just a code, and plenty of them are ordinary nutrients.
Permitted freely, no concern.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E300
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E221 Sodium sulphite preservative
- E392 Extracts of rosemary antioxidant
- E450 Diphosphates raising agent
- E451 Triphosphates acidity regulator
- 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
sausage koll [puff pastry wneat flour with calcium, iron, niacin, niamin), water, vegetable oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil), salt, emulsifier (mono and di glycerides of fatty acids)filling water, pork (9%), rusk [wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), salt, raising agent (ammonium hydrogen carbonate)], wheat gluten, wheat starch, wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), salt, potato starch, pork fat, dextrose, yeast extract, caramelised sugar powder, emulsifiers (disodium diphosphate, pentasodium triphosphate), preservative (sodium sulphite), sugar, antioxidant (ascorbic acid), marjoram, thyme, pepper extract, herb extracts [sage extract, basil extract, marjoram extract, rosemary extract, thyme extract]glaze water, dextrose, colours (carotenes, paprika extract)] allergy advice: allergens in the ingredients list are shown in bold. nut and other food allergies. please be aware that there may be traces of nuts, seeds and other allergens in any of our products. 13:01 210 kcals per roll (adults need around
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.