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Is Allinson's Scandalous Seeds Wholemeal Bread ultra-processed?

800g Wholemeal breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Allinson's Scandalous Seeds Wholemeal Bread

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed wholemeal 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, Water, Mixed Seeds 14% (Sunflower Seeds, Brown Linseed, Golden Linseed, Pumpkin Seeds, Poppy Seeds), Wheat Protein, Yeast, Kibbled Soya, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), Cracked Wheat 1%, Malted Barley Flour, Wheat Flour, Salt, Vinegar, Emulsifiers (e471), e472e, e481, Sugar, Soya Flour, Psyllium Fibre, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Wheat Flour), Malted Barley Flour, Cracked Wheat

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

As written on the pack

Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Water, Mixed Seeds (14%) (Sunflower Seeds, Brown Linseed, Golden Linseed, Pumpkin Seeds, Poppy Seeds), Wheat Protein, Yeast, Kibbled Soya, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), Cracked Wheat (1%), Malted Barley Flour, Fermented Wheat Flour, Salt, Vinegar, Emulsifiers: E471, E472e, E481; Molasses Sugar, Soya Flour, Psyllium Fibre, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C). With 51% Wholegrain (Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Cracked Wheat).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 ingredients 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 102 wholemeal breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 85% of the wholemeal 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 102 wholemeal breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 10100925, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.