Is Ballymore Crust Wholewheat brown bread ultra-processed?

500 g Sliced breads Sold in Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

14 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

buttermilk 36%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Diphosphates), wheat flour 26%, wholewheat 4%, Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonates), Salt (processing marker), Wheatgerm

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

BUTTERMILK (36%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Diphosphates) WHOLEMEAL WHEAT FLOUR (26%), WHOLEWHEAT (4%), Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates; Salt, Wheatgerm.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 87% of the 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 389 sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600461427, last edited 2 April 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.