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Is Co-op Bakery Farmhouse White ultra-processed?

800 g White breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Co-op Bakery Farmhouse White

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed white 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

ingredients fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, yeast, salt, wheat protein, soya flour, vegetable oil (rapeseed vegetable oil, palm vegetable oil), spirit vinegar, calcium propionate, ascorbic acid

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

ingredients fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, yeast, salt, wheat protein, soya flour, vegetable oil (rapeseed, palm), spirit vinegar, preservative (calcium propionate), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid),

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 367 white breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 86% of the white 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 367 white breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128967266, last edited 15 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.