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Is Coop Irresistible west country cheddar and chive sourdough ultra-processed?

500g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop Irresistible west country cheddar and chive sourdough

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed 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

CO White sourdough bread made with red op Leicester cheese, Cheddar cheese, chives, Ingredients Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Red Leicester (contains colour annatto), West Country Cheddar, Rice Flour, Rye Flour, Yeast Extract, Wheat Flour, Chives 1%, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Potato Starch, including cereals containing gluten, Also, N

Additives: E160b Annatto

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E160b Annatto.

As written on the pack

CO White sourdough bread made with red op Leicester cheese, Cheddar cheese and chives. 500g Ingredients Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Red Leicester (contains colour annatto) (Milk) (6%), West Country Cheddar (Milk) (4%), Rice Flour, Rye Flour, Yeast Extract, Fermented Wheat Flour, Chives (1%), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Potato Starch. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain egg, sesame, soya. N

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1001st. 71% of the 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000129361629, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.