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Is Fruit and treacle bread ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Fruit and treacle 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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, water, saltanas 8%, vostizza currants 5%, raisins 5%, figs 3.5% black treacle 2%, wheat bran, rye flour, Cornish sea salt, wheat flour, wheat semolina, rice flour, sunflower oil, yeast, vitamin D

As written on the pack

wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, water, saltanas (8%) vostizza currants (5%), raisins (5%), figs 3.5% black treacle (2%), wheat bran, rye flour, Cornish sea salt, fermented wheat flour, wheat semolina, rice flour, sunflower oil, yeast, vitamin D

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 428th. 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29296484, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.