Is Riya's Persian Lavash Bread ultra-processed?

250 Breads Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Preservative
Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

8 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed breads

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Rye sourdough flatbread - M&S Food Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
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, Water, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Yeast, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Preservatives (processing marker) (Calcium Proprionate)

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Sugar, Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Preservatives (Calcium Proprionate)

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 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 5060415520420, 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.