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Is Homepride Self Raising Flour ultra-processed?

1kg Wheat flours Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Homepride Self Raising Flour

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed wheat flours

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

British Wheat Flour 100% (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate), Disodium Diphosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

100% British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Raising Agents: Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 83 wheat flours

From least to most processed, this one ranks 80th. 14% of the wheat 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 83 wheat flours, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010142008685, 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.