Is Aldi Tiger Bloomer ultra-processed?

800 g White breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Gluten

23 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed white breads

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rye flour, yeast, rapeseed oil, salt (processing marker), wheat flour, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), rice flour, wheat flour, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), flour treatment agents (l-cysteine, ascorbic acid), malted barley flour, raising agents (sodium carbonates, ammonium carbonates)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E920 L-cysteine

As written on the pack

wheat flour ( wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, rye flour, yeast, rapeseed oil, salt, fermented wheat flour, wheat gluten, rice flour, wheat flour, dextrose, flour treatment agents (l-cysteine, ascorbic acid), malted barley flour, raising agents (sodium carbonates, ammonium carbonates)

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 367 white breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 176th. 86% of the white breads here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 367 white breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600165455, last edited 17 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.