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Is Tesco Three cheese bloomer ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Three cheese bloomer

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 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, Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour (Annatto Norbixin)), Mature Red Cheddar Cheese (with Colour (Annatto Norbixin)), Mild Red Cheddar Cheese (with Colour (Annatto Norbixin)), Flavouring, Wheat Fibre, Durum Wheat Flour, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Maize, Semolina (Wheat), 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, Red Leicester Cheese (with Colour: Annatto Norbixin) (Milk) (7%), Mature Red Cheddar Cheese (with Colour: Annatto Norbixin) (Milk) (2.5%), Mild Red Cheddar Cheese (with Colour: Annatto Norbixin) (Milk) (2.5%), Flavouring (contains Milk), Wheat Fibre, Fermented Durum Wheat Flour, Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Maize, Semolina (Wheat), 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • 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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2013th. 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054268240291, 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.
  • 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.