Is Lidl Garlic Baguettes ultra-processed?

340g Baguettes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Gluten
E160a Carotene
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

27 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed baguettes

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

Baguettes (processing marker), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiam'n, Water, Yeast, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Preservative Calcium Proprionate, Ascorbic Acid, Enzymes (Wheat)), Garlic 28%, Parsley Spread 28% (Margarine (Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt (processing marker), mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Carotenes (ultra-processing marker)), Garlic Purée, Parsley)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Baguettes (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiam'n], Water, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Preservative Calcium Proprionate; Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid; Enzymes (Wheat)), 28% Garlic and Parsley Spread (Margarine [Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Flavouring, Colour: Carotenes], Garlic Purée, Parsley).

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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 baguettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 63% of the baguettes 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 67 baguettes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489902812, last edited 17 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.