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Is Finest Rye and Mixed Seed Sourdough Bread ultra-processed?

400 g Rye-and-wheat breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Finest Rye and Mixed Seed Sourdough Bread

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed rye-and-wheat 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

Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Flour, Malted Wheat Flakes, Rye Flour, Millet Seed, Golden Linseed, Sunflower Seed, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Salt, Poppy Seeds, Molasses, Malted Wheat Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Rice Flour

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Malted Wheat Flakes, Rye Flour, Millet Seed, Golden Linseed, Sunflower Seed, Rapeseed Oil, Fermented Wheat Flour, Salt, Poppy Seeds, Molasses, Malted Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Rice Flour.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 rye-and-wheat breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 67% of the rye-and-wheat 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 12 rye-and-wheat breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057967395088, last edited 28 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.