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Is Stafford's Crusty Pan Loaf Freshly Sliced ultra-processed?

750g Breads Sold in Ireland and France

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Old Style Crusty Bread Crusty Pan Loaf Freshly Sliced Best Before 24, Storage (Store in a cool and dry place heat Flour, Wheat Flour), Wheat Gluten, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin Ascorbic Acid, Water, Yeast, Vegetable Oils (Palm Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Salt, Soya Flour Vergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten see highlighted ingredients, resame reeds aritional Per 100g Energy 111011

As written on the pack

Old Style Crusty Bread Crusty Pan Loaf Freshly Sliced Best Before 24/02/2024 Storage: Store in a cool and dry place heat Flour (Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin Ascorbic Acid], Water, Yeast. Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Salt, Soya Flour Vergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten see highlighted ingredients. May also contain traces of nuts and resame reeds aritional Per 100g Energy 111011/

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.
2 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 822nd. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5099406001600, last edited 31 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.