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Bread flours, from least to most processed

We track 36 bread flours, 47% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Strong Wholemeal Bread Flour.

What makes bread flours ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of bread flours that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (17)

  1. 1 Strong Wholemeal Bread Flour Belbake · 1.5 kg 1
  2. 2 Very Strong Wholemeal Bread Flour Allinson’s · 1 kg 1
  3. 3 Wholemeal bread flour Sainsbury's 1
  4. 4 Stoneground strong wholegrain Matthews Cotswold Flour · 1kg 1
  5. 5 Very strong wholemeal bread flour Marriages · 1500 1
  6. 6 Wessex Mill Strong White Bread Flour Wessex Mill · 1.5kg 1
  7. 7 Strong White Bread Flour Aldi · 1.5 kg 1
  8. 8 Pillsbury Bread flour 5lb Pillsbury 1
  9. 9 Strong white bread flour Waitrose · 1.5 kg 1
  10. 10 Bread Flour Country Grain 1 kg 1
  11. 11 Wessex Cobbler Bread Flour Wessex Mill · 1.5kg 1
  12. 12 Six Seed Bread Flour Wessex Mill 1
  13. 13 Allinsons Bread Flour Allinson’s · 1 kg 1
  14. 14 Organic Strong White Bread Flour imp Doves Farm · 1.5 kg 1
  15. 15 Bread Flour Strong White Allison's · 3000 g 1
  16. 16 Strong White Bread Flour Allinson's · 1500 g 1
  17. 17 Mehl Self-Raising Coop 1

Processed food (2)

  1. 18 White Sourdough Specially Selected · 500g 3
  2. 19 The Pantry Sourdough Bread Mix Aldi · 500g 3

Ultra-processed food (17)

  1. 20 Strong white bread flour Sainsburys 4
  2. 21 Waitrose White Bread Mix Waitrose 4
  3. 22 Protein Bread - Rye / Flax | 250g Profusion · 250 g 4
  4. 23 Multiseed Bread Mix Sainsbury's · 500g 4
  5. 24 Sourdough Bread When Pigs Fly 4
  6. 25 multiseed bread mix Tesco · 500g 4
  7. 26 Wholegrain seeded bread flour Sainsbury's Taste the Difference · 1kg 4
  8. 27 Vetemjöl special Kvarnvingen · 2 kg 4
  9. 28 Tiger Baguette Tesco 4
  10. 29 Perfectly Crafted Multigrain Nature's Own · 22 oz 4
  11. 30 Malty Bread Mix Wright’s · 500g 4
  12. 31 Be Good High Fibre Bread Brennans · 600g 4
  13. 32 6 Wholemeal Rolls Coop 4
  14. 33 Morrisons Granary Loaf Morrisons · 800g 4
  15. 34 Cheddar and sun dried tomato 500 g 4
  16. 35 Wrights Mixed grain bread mix Wrights · 500g 4
  17. 36 Carb Balance Flour Tortilla Wraps Mission · 24 oz 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.