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Is M&S Bakery French Style White Boule ultra-processed?

400g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Bakery French Style White Boule

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

Wheatflour (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Wheat Gluten, Salt, yeast, Inactive Dried Yeast, Wheat Bran, Malted Wheatflour, Wheatgerm, Barley Malt Extract, Starter Culture Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheatflour (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Wheat Gluten, Salt, yeast, Inactive Dried Yeast, Wheat Bran (contains Gluten), Malted Wheatflour (contains Gluten), Roasted Wheatgerm (contains Gluten), Barley Malt Extract (contains Gluten), Starter Culture Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast), Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid.

What makes it ultra-processed

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 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 956th. 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 00556293, 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.