Is Essential Waitrose Strong White Bread Flour ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed wheat flours
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin (B1)), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid)
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid
As written on the pack
Fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin (B1)), wheat gluten, 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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
Among 83 wheat flours
From least to most processed, this one ranks 76th. 14% of the wheat flours here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169009963, last edited 6 June 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.