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Is BFree Naan Breads ultra-processed?

4 x 60 g Naans Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of BFree Naan Breads

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed naans

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

water, white rice flour 15%, tapioca starch, maize starch, rapeseed oil, chickpea flour 4%, humectant, glycerol, potato starch, thickeners (xanthan gum, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), raising agents (glucono delta lactone, sodium bicarbonate), bamboo fibra psyllium husk, yeast, sourdough 1% (corn, rice flour, quinoa flour), pea protein, sugar, buckwheat flour, concentrated apple juice, salt, carrot fibre, natural flavourings, kalonji seed 0.5%, acids (citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid), anticaking agent (calcium sulphate)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E575 Glucono-delta-lactone

As written on the pack

water, white rice flour (15%), tapioca starch, maize starch, rapeseed oil, chickpea flour (4%), humectant (glycerol, potato starch, thickeners (xanthan gum, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), raising agents (glucono delta lactone, sodium bicarbonate), bamboo fibra psyllium husk, yeast, sourdough (1%) (fermented corn, rice flour and quinoa flour), pea protein, sugar, buckwheat flour, concentrated apple juice, salt, carrot fibre, natural flavourings, kalonji seed (0,5%), acids (citric acid, malic acid and tartaric acid), anticaking agent (calcium sulphate)

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
4 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 naans

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 84% of the naans 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 44 naans, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391521691385, 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.
  • 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.