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Is Morrisons Malted Blooner ultra-processed?

800 g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Malted Blooner

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Malted wheat flakes, Yeast, Rapeseed oil, Wheat semolina, Wheat gluten, Salt, Malted barley flour, Malted wheat flour, Rye flour, Wheat flour, wheat flour, Dextrose, Acidity regulators (calcium sulphate, citric acid), Sourdough culture, Preservative (calcium propionate), Flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid)

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Malted wheat flakes, Yeast, Rapeseed oil, Wheat semolina, Wheat gluten, Salt, Malted barley flour, Malted wheat flour, Rye flour, Wheat flour, Fermented wheat flour, Dextrose, Acidity regulators (calcium sulphate, citric acid), Sourdough culture, Preservative (calcium propionate), Flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
2 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1683rd. 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 5010525057026, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.