Is M&S Food Thick White Super Soft Loaf ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed white breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheatflour, Water, Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Palm Oil, Salt (processing marker), Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil, Soya Flour, Ascorbic Acid
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid
As written on the pack
Wheatflour · Water · Chicory Fibre · Yeast · Palm Oil · Salt · Vinegar · Rapeseed Oil · Soya Flour · 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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
Among 367 white breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 86% of the white breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00405799, last edited 30 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.