Is M&S Robust Rye Bread ultra-processed?

400g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Robust Rye Bread

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Rye Flour, Water, Wheatflour, Sea Salt (processing marker), Durum Wheat Semolina, Spelt Flour, Yeast, Yeast, Vitamin D Yeast, Barley Malt Flour, Wheatflakes, Salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflou, Calcium Carbonate Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rye Flour (contains Gluten), Water, Wholemeal Wheatflour (contains Gluten), Sea Salt, Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten), Wholemeal Spelt Flour (Wheat contains Gluten), Yeast (Yeast,, Vitamin D Yeast, Roasted Barley Malt Flour (contains Gluten), Wheatflakes (contain Gluten), Salt

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29360932, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.