Is Co-op Irresistible Super Seeded Farmhouse ultra-processed?

800g Sliced breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

31 ingredients
2 additives
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

fortified wheat flower (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine), water, mixed seeds 15% (sunflower seed, brown linseed, golden linseed, pumpkin seed, poppy seed), yeast, malt barley flour, sugar (processing marker), wheat protein, Quinoa 1%, vegetable oil (processing marker) (rapeseed vegetable oil, palm vegetable oil), wheat flour, wheat flour, salt (processing marker), millet 1%, spirit vinegar, mono- and directed tartaric acid esters of monodiglycerides of fatty acids, vegetable, soya flour, psyllium husk (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E570 Fatty acids

As written on the pack

fortified wheat flower (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamine) water, mixed seeds (15%) ( sunflower seed, brown linseed, golden linseed, pumpkin seed, poppy seed) yeast, malt barley flour, molasses sugar, wheat protein, Quinoa (1%), vegetable oil (rapeseed, palm) wholemeal wheat flour, fermented wheat flour, salt, millet (1%), spirit vinegar, emulsifier (mono - and directed tartaric acid esters of mono - diglycerides of fatty acids - vegetable) soya flour, psyllium husk powder, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 151st. 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 5000128624152, last edited 29 September 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.