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Is Morrisons Thick Cut Sunflower & Pumpkin Seed Loaf ultra-processed?

800g Sliced breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Thick Cut Sunflower & Pumpkin Seed 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sliced 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

Forthed wheat flour, wheat flour, iron, thiamin, nicotinic acid, calcium Water, Sunflower seeds 8%, Linseed 5%, Pumpkin seed, Wheat gluten 4%, Wheat bran, sugar, Oat flakes, Emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, mono, tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), Soya eservative (calcium propionate), Rapeseed oil, Folic acid

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472d Tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Forthed wheat flour (wheat flour, iron, thiamin, nicotinic acid, calcium Water, Sunflower seeds (8%), Linseed (5%), Pumpkin seed (4% Wheat gluten, Wheat bran, Caramelised sugar powder, Oat flakes, Emulsifiers (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, mono - and tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides of fatty acids), Soya eservative (calcium propionate), Rapeseed oil, 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.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E472d Tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 322nd. 87% of the sliced 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 389 sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251737094, last edited 22 June 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.