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Is Promise Gluten Free Chia & Quinoa Loaf ultra-processed?

Sliced breads Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Promise Gluten Free Chia & Quinoa 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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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

water, tapioca starch, rice flour, maize flour, quinoa, rapeseed oil, golden syrup, chia seed, poppy seed, maize starch, prune, salt, sodium propionate, sorbic acid, spirit vinegar, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, xanthan gum, potato starch, psyllium husk, yeast, glycerol, rice starch

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E281 Sodium propionate , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E461 Methyl cellulose , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

water, tapioca starch, rice flour, wholegrain maize flour, quinoa, rapeseed oil, golden syrup, chia seed, poppy seed, maize starch, prune purée, salt, sodium propionate, sorbic acid, spirit vinegar, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, xanthan gum, potato starch, psyllium husk powder, yeast, glycerol, rice 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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E461 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.
  • 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.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 383rd. 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 5391526414422, last edited 15 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.