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Is Tesco Plain Mini Naan Breads ultra-processed?

Special breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Plain Mini Naan Breads

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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 00g Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodiums Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Vegetable Ghee, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oill, Nigella Seet Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Propionate), Salt, Acidity Regulators (Malic Acid, C 4.78 Acid), Wheat Starch

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E296 Malic acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water 00g Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodiums Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Vegetable Ghee [Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oill, Nigella Seet Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Propionate), Salt, Acidity Regulators (Malic Acid, C 4.78 Acid), Wheat Starch.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
4 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 363 special breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 169th. 76% of the special 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 363 special breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545954805, last edited 24 May 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.