Is Sainsbury's White Farmhouse Loaf ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 13 ingredients
- 1 additive
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Yeast, Rapeseed oil, Salt (processing marker), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Yeast, Rapeseed oil, Salt, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid.
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.
Among 28 bread loaves
From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 68% of the bread loaves here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01136401, last edited 2 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.