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Is Asda Seeded Bread ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Seeded 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Mixed Seeds 14% (Sunflower Seeds, Golden Linseeds, Brown Linseeds, Millet, Poppy Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds), Wheat Fibre, Yeast, Wheat Protein, Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Spirit Vinegar, Vegetable Oils and Fat (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Palm Oil), Emulsifier (mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Soya Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Water, Mixed Seeds (14%) [Sunflower Seeds, Golden Linseeds, Brown Linseeds, Millet, Poppy Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds], Wheat Fibre, Yeast, Wheat Protein, Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Spirit Vinegar, Vegetable Oils and Fat [Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Palm Oil], Emulsifier (Mono-and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Soya Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid). Allergy Advice! for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain rye, oats and spelt.

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.
2 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1633rd. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172612567, last edited 31 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.