Is Morrisons Wholemeal pitta ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 13 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed pitas
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour, Water, Yeast, Rapeseed oil, Salt (processing marker), Fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Preservative (processing marker) (calcium propionate)
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate
As written on the pack
Wholemeal wheat flour, Water, Yeast, Rapeseed oil, Salt, Fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Preservative (calcium propionate).
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Among 43 pitas
From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 37% of the pitas here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251850403, last edited 27 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.