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Is Baker Street Seeded Rye Bread ultra-processed?

500g Rye breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Baker Street Seeded Rye 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed rye 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 (Rye Flour, Water), Mixed Seeds 11% (Linseeds, Barley Flakes, Sunflower Seeds, Oat Flakes), Rye Flour, Rye Flour, Yeast, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup (Sugar, Water), Malted Barley Flour, Wheat Gluten, Invert Sugar Syrup, 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

Wheat Flour, Water, Sourdough (Rye Flour, Water), Mixed Seeds and Flakes (11%) (Linseeds, Barley Flakes, Sunflower Seeds, Oat Flakes), Wholemeal Rye Flour, Rye Flour, Yeast, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup (Sugar, Water), Malted Barley Flour, Wheat Gluten, Invert Sugar Syrup, 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.

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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 rye breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 41% of the rye 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 39 rye breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5027952012573, last edited 15 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.