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Is Chef Select 2 Garlic Baguettes ultra-processed?

420 g Baguettes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chef Select 2 Garlic Baguettes

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed baguettes

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

Baguette (Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Water, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)), Garlic 25%, Parsley Low Fat Spread 25% (Vegetable Spread (Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate, Flavouring, Colour (Carotenes)), Garlic Purée, Parsley, Lemon Juice), Allergy Advice ergens, including Cereals containing Gluten

Additives: E160a Carotene , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

Baguette (Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Preservative: Calcium Propionate; Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid), 25% Garlic and Parsley Low Fat Spread (Vegetable Spread [Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate; Flavouring, Colour: Carotenes], Garlic Purée, Parsley, Lemon Juice). Allergy Advice ergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Milk and Soya.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 baguettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 63% of the baguettes 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 67 baguettes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489462101, last edited 19 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.