Is Doreen Soreen apple lunchbox loaf ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 5 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin (B3), thiamin (B1)), water, sugar (processing marker), apple 9% (fructo-glucose syrup, apple puree, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), glycerine (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), wheat fibre (ultra-processing marker), palm fat, gelling agent (ultra-processing marker) (pectin (ultra-processing marker)), acidity regulator (citric acid), falouring, antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), maize starch (processing marker), apple puree 4%, vegetable fats (processing marker) (rapeseed, palm), malted barley flour, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (calcium propionate), yeast
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
Fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin (B3), thiamin (B1)), water, sugar, sweetened apple flavoured pieces (9%) (fructo-glucose syrup, concentrated apple puree, glucose syrup, glycerine, sugar, wheat fibre, palm fat, gelling agent: pectin, acidity regulator: citric acid, falouring, antioxidant: ascorbic acid), maize starch, apple puree (4%), vegetable fats (rapeseed, palm), malted barley flour, flavourings, salt, preservative: calcium propionate, yeast
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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.
5 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5088722225524, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.