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Is Essential Waitrose & Partners Self Raising White Flour ultra-processed?

Flours Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Essential Waitrose & Partners Self Raising White Flour

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

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

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), monocalcium phosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate ALLERGY ADVICE, Including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold STORAGE (Store in a cool dry place, For best before see top of pack, We are committed to bringing you the best quality, Should you not be happy with this product), please bring the packaging back to any Waitrose and Partners shop and we'll replace your item and refund you, Produced for Waitrose Limited Bracknell Berkshire NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS SOLD Energy kj Energy kcal Fat

As written on the pack

FORTIFIED WHEAT FLOUR (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), raising agents monocalcium phosphate and sodium hydrogen carbonate ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, Including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold STORAGE: Store in a cool dry place. For best before see top of pack. We are committed to bringing you the best quality. Should you not be happy with this product, please bring the packaging back to any Waitrose & Partners shop and we'll replace your item or refund you. Produced for Waitrose Limited Bracknell Berkshire NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES AS SOLD Energy kj Energy kcal Fat

Among 190 flours

From least to most processed, this one ranks 98th. 25% of the flours 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 190 flours, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169011270, last edited 30 August 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.