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Is Gadsbys Bakery Malt Grain Sandwich Loaf ultra-processed?

Multigrain sliced breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed multigrain sliced 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 (e170, iron, niacin, thiamine), Water, malt concentrate Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Gluten, Malted Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, yeast, bread improver dried Rye sourdough, Wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, dough improver (wheat flour, dried wheat sourdough), Salt

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (E170, iron, niacin, thiamine), Water, malt concentrate Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Gluten, Malted Wheat Flour, Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, yeast, bread improver dried Rye sourdough, Wheat flour (with calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, dough improver (wheat flour, dried wheat sourdough), Salt

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.

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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 multigrain sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 80% of the multigrain sliced 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 59 multigrain sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5025833016504, last edited 9 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.