Is Morrisons Garlic Bread Slices ultra-processed?

8x28g (235g) Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E160a Carotene
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

22 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed breads

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Spelt Sourdough Bread Waitrose 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Garlic 5%, Butter (processing marker), Palm oil, Rapeseed oii, Salt (processing marker), Parsley, Yeast, Concentrated lemon juice, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid, L-cysteine, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), carotenes (ultra-processing marker), Wheat starch (processing marker)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E920 L-cysteine

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Garlic (5%), Butter (milk), Palm oil, Rapeseed oii, Salt, Parsley, Yeast, Concentrated lemon juice, Emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), Flour treatment agents (ascorbic acid, L-cysteine), Flavouring, Colour (carotenes), Wheat starch.

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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1668th. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010525210308, last edited 19 August 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.