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Is Asda Multiseed stonebaked baguettes ultra-processed?

250g Pre-baked breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Multiseed stonebaked baguettes

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pre-baked 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, Sourdough (Wheat, Water), Yeast, Brown Linseeds, Alcohol, Yellow Linseeds, Millet, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Seeds, Rye Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Oatmeal, Malted Wheat Flour, Deactivated Yeast, Barley Malt Flour, Barley Malt Extract, Ascorbic acid

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Sourdough [Wheat, Water], Yeast, Brown Linseeds, Alcohol, Yellow Linseeds, Millet, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Seeds, Rye Flour, Roasted Malted Barley Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Oatmeal, Roasted Malted Wheat Flour, Deactivated Yeast, Barley Malt Flour, Barley Malt Extract, Antioxidant (Ascorbic acid)

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.

  • 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 25 pre-baked breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 76% of the pre-baked 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 25 pre-baked breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172668441, last edited 9 September 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.