Is John W Cambridge Brown Soda Bread ultra-processed?

500g Breads Sold in Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

9 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed breads

Rye sourdough flatbread - M&S Food Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
White Sourdough Cob Specially Selected 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Mccambridge Spelt Bread 500G McCambridge 4 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 1
Ryvita Sweet Onion crunchy rye breads Ryvita 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

INGREDIENTS Wheatmeal, Buttermilk 38%, Wheatflour, Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agent (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate), Salt (processing marker), including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

INGREDIENTS Wheatmeal, Buttermilk (38% ), Wheatflour, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agent: Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate; Salt. Allergy Advice: For Allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in Bold.

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 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 626th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5099630250980, last edited 2 April 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.