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Is Sainsbury's Stonebaked Ciabatta ultra-processed?

400g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Stonebaked Ciabatta

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 30 ingredients
  • No additives

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 British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rice Flour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2.5%, Salt, Malted Wheat Flour, Yeast, including cereals containing gluten, please see ingredients in bold, Products from our in store bakery are not suitable for customers with an allergy to Cereals containing gluten (Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Spelt, Kamut), Egg, Peanut, Soya, Milk, Nuts, Celery, Mustard, Sesame, Sulphites due to the way these products are prepared

As written on the pack

Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rice Flour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (2.5%). Salt, Malted Wheat Flour, Yeast. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, please see ingredients in bold. Products from our in store bakery are not suitable for customers with an allergy to Cereals containing gluten (Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Spelt, Kamut), Egg, Peanut, Soya, Milk, Nuts, Celery, Mustard, Sesame or Sulphites due to the way these products are prepared.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 470th. 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 01138061, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.