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Is Tesco Finest White Sourdough ultra-processed?

Bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86 Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest White 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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No 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, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sea Salt, Rye Flour, Stoneground Wheat Flour, Barley Malt Flour, Barley Malt Extract, Durum Wheat Semolina

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sea Salt, Rye Flour, Stoneground Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Barley Malt Flour, Barley Malt Extract, Durum Wheat Semolina.

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 22 bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 68% of the bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86 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 22 bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0288762003754, last edited 5 June 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.