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Is Tesco finest Rye Crackers with sourdough ultra-processed?

130g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco finest Rye Crackers 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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives

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

rye flour, wheat flour, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), sourdough culture (water, rye flour, starter culture, yeast), honey, black treacle, sunflower oil, rye flour, salt, yeast

As written on the pack

Wholegrain rye flour, wholemeal wheat flour, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), sourdough culture (water, rye flour, starter culture, yeast), honey, black treacle, sunflower oil, rye flour, salt, yeast

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 434th. 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 5063445810400, last edited 28 March 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.