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Is Sainsbury's Multiseed loaf ultra-processed?

900g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Multiseed 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
  • 1 additive

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

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sunflower Seeds 9%, Wheat Bran, Linseed 3%, Salt, Pumpkin Seeds 1.5%, Rye Flour, Oats, Wheat Gluten, Poppy Seed 1.5%, Quinoa 1.5%, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Yeast, Caramelised Sugar, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Malted Wheat Flour

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sunflower Seeds (9%), Wheat Bran, Linseed (3%), Salt, Pumpkin Seeds (1.5%), Rye Flour, Oats, Wheat Gluten, Poppy Seed (1.5%), Quinoa (1.5%), Sugar, Wheat Flour, Yeast, Caramelised Sugar, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid; Malted Wheat Flour.

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.

  • 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1003rd. 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 01054200, last edited 5 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.