Is Tesco Bake At Home White Bloomer with Sourdough ultra-processed?

400g White breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Bake At Home White Bloomer with Sourdough

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed white 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

T Wheat Flour, Water, Sourdough 9% (Water, Wheat Flour, W Sourdough culture (Wheat, Spelt), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)), Rye Flour, iodised Salt (processing marker) (Salt, Potassium iodide), Yeast, Rice Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Rapeseed Oil, including cereals containing gluten, Also

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

T Wheat Flour, Water, Sourdough (9%) [Water, Wheat Flour, W Sourdough culture (Wheat, Spelt), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)], Rye Flour, iodised Salt [Salt, Potassium iodide], Yeast, Rice Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Rapeseed Oil. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain sesame seeds, soya, mustard and lupin. Suitable for vegans

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 367 white breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 48th. 86% of the white 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 367 white breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697774706, last edited 13 July 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.