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Is Soreen Raspberry & White Chocolate Mini Loaf ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Soreen Raspberry & White Chocolate Mini 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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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 (b3), thiamin (b1)), water, sugar, maize starch, pear juice concentrate, raspberry nuggets 4% (sugar, concentrated raspberry juice, lemon pulp, gelling agent (pectin), natural flavouring, black carrot concentrate), white chocolate 4% (sugar, cocoa butter, inulin, maltodextrin, maize flour, coconut oil, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring), vegetable fats (rapeseed, palm), malted barley flour, salt, natural flavourings, preservative (calcium propionate), yeast, including cereals containing gluten, produced in a factory which handles soya, milk ingredients, v and, per 30g loof

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin (b3), thiamin (b1)), water, sugar, maize starch, pear juice concentrate, raspberry nuggets (4%) (sugar, concentrated raspberry juice, lemon pulp, gelling agent: pectin, natural flavouring, black carrot concentrate), white chocolate (4%) (sugar, cocoa butter, inulin, maltodextrin, maize flour, coconut oil, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavouring), vegetable fats (rapeseed, palm), malted barley flour, salt, natural flavourings, preservative: calcium propionate, yeast. allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. produced in a factory which handles soya and milk ingredients. v suitable for vegetarians and vegans. per 30g loof

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
6 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 2249th. 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 5088722226064, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.