Special breads, from least to most processed

We track 363 special breads, 76% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Plain Bagels.

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What makes special breads ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Plain Bagels HEB · 6 unit NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Fresh Khobz White Pita M.E.B Foods NOVA group 1
  3. 3 White Mini Pitta Bread NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Zephyrhills Zephyrhills · 500ml NOVA group 1

Processed food (83)

  1. 5 Pane Pugliese Crosta & Mollica · 400g NOVA group 3
  2. 6 Falu Rågrut Original Barilla · 470 g NOVA group 3
  3. 7 Focaccia panini Crosta & Mollica · 180g NOVA group 3
  4. 8 Organic Pita Bread Florentin · 4 x 65g NOVA group 3
  5. 9 Organic Spelt Pita Bread Florentin · 4 x 65g NOVA group 3
  6. 10 Mini Popadoms Waitrose NOVA group 3
  7. 11 Poppadums Coop · 64 g NOVA group 3
  8. 12 Pitabröd ICA · 375 g NOVA group 3
  9. 13 Tesco Mini Poppadoms Tesco NOVA group 3
  10. 14 Pretzel Braids Maui Monk Stellar · 32 oz NOVA group 3
  11. 15 Bruschetta Garlic & Parsley Great Food Affairs · 150g NOVA group 3
  12. 16 Sesame Bagels St-Viateur Bagel · 6x 80 g, Net: 480 g NOVA group 3
  13. 17 plain mini poppadoms Laila · 75 g NOVA group 3
  14. 18 Plain Bagels Silver Hills NOVA group 3
  15. 19 Panini Rolls Aldi NOVA group 3
  16. 20 Organic classic hamburger buns 365 NOVA group 3
  17. 21 Tesco Panini Rolls 2 Pack Tesco NOVA group 3
  18. 22 Waitrose panini Waitrose NOVA group 3
  19. 23 Hawaiian L'oven Fresh · 20 oz NOVA group 3
  20. 24 Panini Sainsbury's NOVA group 3
  21. 25 Stacy's Pita Chips Multigrain Stacy's · 28 g NOVA group 3
  22. 26 Organic Hot Dog Buns Naked Bread · 15 oz NOVA group 3
  23. 27 Classic English Muffins Trader Joe's · 12 oz NOVA group 3
  24. 28 NYC Bagels New York Bakery · 5 NOVA group 3
  25. 29 Classic Hamburger Buns Trader Joe's · 8 buns NOVA group 3
  26. 30 Classic English Muffins 365 Everyday Value NOVA group 3
  27. 31 Sourdough Crumpets Tesco NOVA group 3
  28. 32 Seeded Sourdough Flatbreads Peter's Yard NOVA group 3
  29. 33 Wholemeal Pitta Waitrose · 6s NOVA group 3
  30. 34 mini poppadoms Aldi · 85 g NOVA group 3
  31. 35 Pappadums Plain Pattak's · 100g NOVA group 3
  32. 36 Poppadums Marks & Spencer · 50 g NOVA group 3
  33. 37 Large Wholemeal Pitta Dina Foods NOVA group 3
  34. 38 soft wholemeal pittas Village Bakery · 6 x 60g (=360g) NOVA group 3
  35. 39 Wholemeal Pittas Tesco · 6 NOVA group 3
  36. 40 6 White Pitas M&S Food · 360g NOVA group 3
  37. 41 8 Garlic & Coriander Poppadoms Sharwood's · 8 NOVA group 3
  38. 42 8 Plain Poppadom Sharwood's NOVA group 3
  39. 43 Plain Mini Poppadoms Sharwood's NOVA group 3
  40. 44 6 Wholemeal Pitta Breads Rowan Hill Bakery · 360g NOVA group 3

Showing the first 40 of 83. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (276)

  1. 88 Pita Chips Cedar's · 170 g NOVA group 4
  2. 89 Surdeg Fazer NOVA group 4
  3. 90 English Muffins Ezekiel 4:9 · 454 g NOVA group 4
  4. 91 Whole Wheat English Muffins Trader Joe's · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  5. 92 4 Brioche Burger Buns Sainsbury's Taste the Difference NOVA group 4
  6. 93 nut raisin and granola Sainsbury's · 260 g NOVA group 4
  7. 94 English Muffins 7 Sprouted Grains Food For Life NOVA group 4
  8. 95 4 English Muffins M&S Food · 260 g (4 * 75 g) NOVA group 4
  9. 96 Organic Bagels Plain Awesome Dave's Killer Bread NOVA group 4
  10. 97 Organic Burger Buns Dave's Killer Bread · 499 g NOVA group 4
  11. 98 Brioche sesame seed buns Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  12. 99 Organic Bagels Epic Everything Dave's Killer Bread · 16.75 oz NOVA group 4
  13. 100 Bagels Cinnamon Raisin Remix Dave's Killer Bread NOVA group 4
  14. 101 Everything Bagels Trader Joe's · 18 oz NOVA group 4
  15. 102 Muesli Morning Rounds Ozery Family Bakery 🇨🇦 Boulangerie Familiale · 6 buns 450 g NOVA group 4
  16. 103 Patak's Plain Pappadums x 8 Patak's · 64 g NOVA group 4
  17. 104 Plain Poppadoms Lidl · 64 g NOVA group 4
  18. 105 4 Breakfast Muffins Rowan Hill Bakery NOVA group 4
  19. 106 Pitta Waitrose NOVA group 4
  20. 107 All butter muffins Morrisons NOVA group 4
  21. 108 Hero Classic Plain Bagels Hero · 13.2 oz NOVA group 4
  22. 109 Farmhouse cheddar muffins Hovis NOVA group 4
  23. 110 Plain Bagels Sainsbury's · 5 pack NOVA group 4
  24. 111 Bagels Morrisons NOVA group 4
  25. 112 Poppadoms Lime & Coriander Chutney Flavour Potato & Gram Flour Snack Walkers · 82.5 g NOVA group 4
  26. 113 Sesame Bagels Village Bakery · 5 NOVA group 4
  27. 114 Dave's Killer Bread Dave's Killer Bread NOVA group 4
  28. 115 Pita Multi Grain Toufayan Bakeries · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  29. 116 Pita Classic White Toufayan · 6 Loaves NOVA group 4
  30. 117 Morning Rounds Ozery · 900 g NOVA group 4
  31. 118 Boomin' Berry Organic Bagels Dave's Killer Bread · 475g NOVA group 4
  32. 119 2 large garlic and coriander naans Marks & Spencer · 300 g e NOVA group 4
  33. 120 Poppadoms Bilash NOVA group 4
  34. 121 Plain Bagels Rowan Hill Bakery · 5 NOVA group 4
  35. 122 Cinnamon and Raisin Bagels Aldi · 425g NOVA group 4
  36. 123 English Muffins Saunsbury’s NOVA group 4
  37. 124 100% Whole Wheat Bagels Great Value · 6 x 75g, Net: 450 g NOVA group 4
  38. 125 Plain Bagels Fitzgeralds Family Bakery · 85.0 g NOVA group 4
  39. 126 Wholemeal Bagels New York Bakery · 450g, 5 bagels NOVA group 4
  40. 127 Original Bagels Village Bakery NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 276. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.