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Is Tesco Finest Jalapeno & Vintage Cheddar Bloomer ultra-processed?

White breads Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Cheese Powder, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Coastal Bite® Vintage Cheddar Cheese, Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour (Annatto Norbixin)), Green Pepper, Wheat Fibre, Tomato, Yeast, Rice Flour, Whey Powder, Jalapeño Chilli (Pepper, Salt), Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160bii Annatto norbixin , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Cheese Powder (Milk), Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (4%), Coastal Bite® Vintage Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (4%), Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour: Annatto Norbixin) (Milk) (2%), Green Pepper, Wheat Fibre, Tomato Powder, Yeast, Rice Flour, Whey Powder (Milk), Jalapeño Chilli [Pepper, Salt], Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid).

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • 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.
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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 367 white breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 220th. 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 0286449002250, last edited 27 March 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.