Is Marks & Spencers 6 Super Soft White Baps ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Vegetable fiber
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 11 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water Rapeseed Oil, Yeast (Yeast, Vitamin D Yeast), Wheat Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Wheatflour, Salt Palm Oil Emulsifier (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), e472e Palm Fat Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Wheat Starch (processing marker)
Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Water Rapeseed Oil - Yeast (Yeast - Vitamin D Yeast). Wheat Fibre (contains Gluten) Dried Fermented Wheatflour (contains Gluten) Salt Palm Oil Emulsifier: E471, E472e Palm Fat Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid - Wheat Starch (contains Gluten).
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Among 2,388 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1535th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00519083, last edited 25 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.