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Is Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Wholegrain seeded bread flour ultra-processed?

1kg Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Wholegrain seeded bread flour

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Wheat Flakes, Sunflower Seeds 6%, Wheat Gluten, Oats 4%, Malted Wheat Flour (Malted Barley Flour, Malted Rye Flour), Pumpkin Seed (26), Linseed 2%, Malted Barley Flour, Sugar, ! 50g 6g Allergy advice, including cereals containing gluten, Caution (Flour is a raw ingredient and must be cooked and baked before eating, 7279959 v 10)

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Wheat Flakes, Sunflower Seeds (6%), Wheat Gluten, Oats (4%), Malted Wheat Flour (Malted Barley Flour, Malted Rye Flour), Pumpkin Seed (26) Linseed (2%), Malted Barley Flour, Sugar. ! 50g 6g Allergy advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Caution: Flour is a raw ingredient and must be cooked or baked before eating. 7279959 V 10

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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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 835th. 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 01728637, 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.
  • 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.