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Is Marks & Spencers Gluten free tiger loaf ultra-processed?

400g Gluten-free breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencers Gluten free tiger loaf

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed gluten-free 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

flour (tapioca starch potato starch rice flour cornflour), water sunflower oil yeast (yeast vitamin d yeast), bamboo fibre sugar stabiliser (e464), xanthan gum dried egg white humectant (glycerol psyllium husk powder salt fermented maize starch calcium carbonate flour treatment agent), e920 vitamins, niacin pantothenic acid vitamin b6 riboflavin folic acid

Additives: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E920 L-cysteine

As written on the pack

gluten free flour (tapioca starch potato starch rice flour cornflour) water sunflower oil yeast (yeast vitamin d yeast) bamboo fibre sugar stabiliser: e464, xanthan gum dried egg white humectant: glycerol psyllium husk powder salt fermented maize starch calcium carbonate flour treatment agent: e920 vitamins (niacin pantothenic acid vitamin b6 riboflavin folic acid),

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.

  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 gluten-free breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 95% of the gluten-free 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 55 gluten-free breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29149117, last edited 3 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.