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Is Asda Superseded sliced loaf bread ultra-processed?

800 g Multigrain sliced breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Asda Superseded sliced loaf bread

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed sliced 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, Sunflower Seeds 7%, Brown Linseeds 4%, Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Protein, Millet 2%, Golden Linseeds 2%, Yeast, Vegetable Oils and Fat (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Fat), Rye Flour, Poppy Seeds 1%, Wheat Flour, Salt, Soya Flour, Spirit Vinegar, Pumpkin Seeds 0.5%, Malted Barley Flour, Ascorbic Acid

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Sunflower Seeds (7%), Brown Linseeds (4%), Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Protein, Millet (2%), Golden Linseeds (2%), Yeast, Vegetable Oils and Fat (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Fat), Rye Flour, Poppy Seeds (1%), Fermented Wheat Flour, Salt, Soya Flour, Spirit Vinegar, Pumpkin Seeds (0.5%), Malted Barley Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 59 multigrain sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 80% of the multigrain sliced 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 59 multigrain sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054781498063, last edited 3 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.