Wholemeal breads, from least to most processed

We track 102 wholemeal breads, 85% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is mornflake.

What makes wholemeal breads ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 mornflake Mornflake · 1 kg NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Everfresh | Malt & Raisin Loaf Everfresh Natural foods · 1 NOVA group 1

Processed food (13)

  1. 3 Bondbröd Östras · 1000 g NOVA group 3
  2. 4 Thick Wholemeal Super Soft Loaf M&S Food · 800 g NOVA group 3
  3. 5 Wholemeal pitta Morrisons · 6 NOVA group 3
  4. 6 The Champion Wholemeal Allinson's · 650g (14slices) NOVA group 3
  5. 7 Exceptional Wholemeal Superseeded Sliced Loaf Asda NOVA group 3
  6. 8 Scandalous Seeds Wholemeal Loaf Allinson’s · 650g NOVA group 3
  7. 9 Seeded stonebaked baguette Tescos NOVA group 3
  8. 10 Wholemeal & Farmshouse loaf Asda · 800g NOVA group 3
  9. 11 Asda extra special Wholemeal & bread Asda NOVA group 3
  10. 12 Oat &Quinoa Bürgen NOVA group 3
  11. 13 Extra Special Wholemeal Multigrain Sliced Loaf Asda · 800g NOVA group 3
  12. 14 Brown Soda Bread John McCambrid · 720 g NOVA group 3
  13. 15 The wholemeal Rustic Bloomer Village Bakery · 400g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (87)

  1. 16 Whole Lotta Bread Cranks · 800g NOVA group 4
  2. 17 Sourdough Wholemeal Ciabatta Jason's · 580 g NOVA group 4
  3. 18 Familjens favorit Coop · 700 g NOVA group 4
  4. 19 Fullkornsgott Garant · 700 g NOVA group 4
  5. 20 Osötat Chiabröd Södervidinge · 650 g NOVA group 4
  6. 21 wholemeal Seeded Slices Bread Hi-Lo · 400g NOVA group 4
  7. 22 Wholemeal seeded farmhouse Marks & Spencers · 800g NOVA group 4
  8. 23 Sliced Brown Baker Street NOVA group 4
  9. 24 Kärnsund surdegsbröd Pågen · 700 g NOVA group 4
  10. 25 Sainsbury's wholemeal loaf 800g Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  11. 26 Wholemeal Loaf Sainsbury's in store Bakery · 800g NOVA group 4
  12. 27 Integral Sourdough Bread Première Moisson · 625g NOVA group 4
  13. 28 Frörost Axfood · 430 g NOVA group 4
  14. 29 Grötbröd Pågen NOVA group 4
  15. 30 wholemeal sourdough bread Taste the difference · 400g NOVA group 4
  16. 31 Taste the difference super seed loaf Sainsbury's NOVA group 4
  17. 32 Multiseed Wholemeal Farmhouse Loaf Sainsbury's · 800g NOVA group 4
  18. 33 Multiseed Wholemeal Farmhouse Loaf Sainsbury's taste the difference · 430g NOVA group 4
  19. 34 Medium Wholemeal Super Soft Loaf Marks & Spencers · 800 g NOVA group 4
  20. 35 Medium sliced brown bre Morrisons · 800 g NOVA group 4
  21. 36 Wholemeal toastie Asda NOVA group 4
  22. 37 Wholemeal Toastie Co-op Bakery · 800 g NOVA group 4
  23. 38 Macro Wholefoods Market Ancient Grain Bread Macro Wholefoods Market · 600g NOVA group 4
  24. 39 Organic Loaf KIRKLAND Signature · 765 g NOVA group 4
  25. 40 Rasker Fullkorn Pågen · 1100 g NOVA group 4
  26. 41 Energi Proteinbröd Pågen · 700 g NOVA group 4
  27. 42 Soft Golden Wholemeal Farmhouse Bread Marks & Spencers NOVA group 4
  28. 43 Sourdough Brown Bloomer Gallagher Bakehouse · 720g NOVA group 4
  29. 44 Sandwich Buns Ozery · 8 buns, 600 g NOVA group 4
  30. 45 Whole Wheat Bread Trader Joe's · 22 oz NOVA group 4
  31. 46 Wholemeal, Seeds and Grains Loaf Tesco Finest NOVA group 4
  32. 47 Wholemeal With Rye M&S Food · 400g NOVA group 4
  33. 48 Wholemeal Seeded Farmhouse Deluxe · 800g NOVA group 4
  34. 49 Medium Wholemeal Sainsbury's · 800 g NOVA group 4
  35. 50 Wholemeal Kingsmill · 800 g NOVA group 4
  36. 51 Soft thick wholemeal Rowan hill · 800g NOVA group 4
  37. 52 Bread Hovis thick · 800g NOVA group 4
  38. 53 Whole Grains Healthy Multi-Grain Arnold · 680 g NOVA group 4
  39. 54 farmhouse wholemeal Asda NOVA group 4
  40. 55 hovis seed sensations sunflower & pumpkin Hovis NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 87. 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.