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Is Baker Street Baker St Sliced Rye & Wheat Bread ultra-processed?

500g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Baker Street Baker St Sliced Rye & Wheat 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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Sourdough (Rye Flour, Water), Wheat Flour, Rye Flour, Water, Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Acetate), Preservative (Sorbic Acid), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Flavouring

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Sourdough (Rye Flour, Water), Wheat Flour, Rye Flour, Water, Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Acetate), Preservative (Sorbic Acid), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Flavouring

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1129th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5027952012559, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.