Is Soreen The Original Malt Loaf ultra-processed?

290g Special breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Invert sugar
E150c Ammonia caramel

23 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed special breads

White Mini Pitta Bread 9 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 1
New York Bakery Co The Original Plain Bagels New York Bakery Co 17 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Sourdough bagels Fitzgeralds Sourdough Bagels 26 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 3
soft wholemeal pittas Village Bakery 7 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3

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, Raisins 14%, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker) (Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, e150c), Maize Starch (processing marker), Malted Barley Flour 5%, Barley Malt Extract 4.4%, Vegetable Fat (processing marker) (Rapeseed, Palm), Rice Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Calcium Propionate

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E282 Calcium propionate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Raisins (14%), Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup (Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Colour: E150c), Maize Starch, Malted Barley Flour (5%), Barley Malt Extract (4.4%), Vegetable Fat (Rapeseed, Palm), Rice Starch, Salt, Yeast, Preservative: Calcium Propionate.

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.

E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

3 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 364 special breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 200th. 76% of the special 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 364 special breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5088722225852, last edited 14 August 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.