Is M&S Food Thick Wholemeal Super Soft Loaf ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 11 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed wholemeal breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheatflour Water Wheat Gluten Malted Wheat, Sugar Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast), Salt (processing marker), Wheatflour Soya Flour Palm Oil Wheatflour* Caramelised Sugar Rapeseed Oil Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid, with Calcium), Iron, vitamins, vitamin B3, vitamin B1
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid
As written on the pack
• • Wholemeal Wheatflour Water Wheat Gluten Malted Wheat. Sugar Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast) Salt Fermented • Wheatflour Soya Flour Palm Oil Wheatflour* Caramelised Sugar Rapeseed Oil Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid. *Fortified with Calcium, Iron, Vitamin B3 and B1. .
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.
Among 102 wholemeal breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 85% of the wholemeal breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00140164, last edited 27 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.