Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Seven Ate Nine Sourdough Pitta Bread ultra-processed?

360g Pitas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Seven Ate Nine Sourdough Pitta Bread

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pitas

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 60%, water, wheat sourdough 3% (water, wheat flour, sourdough culture, yeast), rapeseed oil, sugar, yeast, salt, preservatives (calcium propionate, sorbic acid), vinegar

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour 60%, water, wheat sourdough 3% (water, wheat flour, sourdough culture, yeast), rapeseed oil, sugar, yeast, salt, preservatives (calcium propionate, sorbic acid), vinegar.

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 pitas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 37% of the pitas 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 43 pitas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5200408802250, last edited 27 April 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.