Is The Bakery at asda Multigrain Loaf ultra-processed?

800g Baguettes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

37 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed baguettes

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

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Mixed Grains 12%, Seeds 12% (Malted Wheat Flakes, Oat Flakes, Barley Flakes, Rye Flakes, Golden Linseeds, Sunflower Seeds, Oats, Poppy Seeds, Wheat Flakes), Yeast, Wheat Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Bran, Wheat Protein, Salt (processing marker), Soya Flour, Sugar (processing marker), Vegetable Oils and Fat (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Palm Oil), Spirit Vinegar, Malted Barley Flour, Calcium Propionate, Malted Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Ascorbic Acid

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Water, Mixed Grains and Seeds (12%) [Malted Wheat Flakes, Oat Flakes, Toasted Barley Flakes, Toasted Rye Flakes, Golden Linseeds, Sunflower Seeds, Kibbled Malted Oats, Poppy Seeds, Toasted Wheat Flakes], Yeast, Wheat Fibre, Wheat Bran, Wheat Protein, Salt, Soya Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oils and Fat [Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Palm Oil], Spirit Vinegar, Malted Barley Flour, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Malted Wheat Flour, Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 baguettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 63% of the baguettes 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 67 baguettes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172980789, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.