Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Asda The bakery malted bloomed thick sliced ultra-processed?

800g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda The bakery malted bloomed thick sliced

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 3 additives

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, Malted Wheat Flakes, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Malted Barley Flour, Rye Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Wheat Flour, Sourdough (Water, Wheat Flour), Dextrose, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Durum Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Wheat Flour, Allergy Advice!

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Water, Malted Wheat Flakes, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Malted Barley Flour, Rye Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Fermented Wheat Flour, Sourdough [Water, Wheat Flour], Dextrose, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Durum Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Wheat Flour. Allergy Advice!

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.
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 1399th. 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 5057172980802, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.